BILLY ANGEL Biography

Born in Iowa, March 20,1950.
Youngest of four children.
Lived in Iowa, Florida, Georgia,
Wyoming, Arizona, and presently
living in Hawaii. Worked as a
truck driver, bus driver, taxi driver,
hotel manager, grave digger, janitor,
landscaper, bill collector (only two
months, fired because collections fell
behind-couldn't stomach the work) ,
preacher, presently a Registered Nurse.
Studied cast metal sculpting at the
University of Iowa. Wrote some poetry
in high school, quit, started again
for a short time in my thirties, and
have been writing seriously since 2000.
I'm an ex junkie and alcoholic, got clean
and sober in 1990. Was a Latter Day Saint
as a kid, an existential atheist
in high school, a psychedelic drug explorer
in college, born again Christian in 1978,
drawn to Native American spirituality
in early 80's, practicing Zen Buddhist
in 1984, presently a Baha'i
until the next Manifestation comes,
but I won't be around then.