I was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in 1955, the son of Ann and
Warner Berthoff. I moved to Massachusetts at age twelve and lived there
on and off for the next twenty years before retiring to Key West. I
write from federal prison in Kentucky where I am now fifteen years into
a 21-year sentence received for cannabis trafficking in the District of
Massachusetts. My writings, poetry and art have been published in over
a dozen journals including most recently, Nerve Cowboy (Winter 2008) and Cadillac Cicatrix
(Spring 2008) magazines. A daughter was born a month before my arrest
and is now in the ninth grade. A star athlete and snow-boarder, she
will receive my $25 Honorable Mention prize from PEN for her 15th
birthday present.
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