Kevin Stroup (aka "The Kevmeister") grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He is a prodigious reader whose favorite authors include David Sedaris, Jane Smiley, Simon Winchester, Jenny Lawson, Sarah Vowell, and T. C. Boyle. Other hobbies include numismatics, philately, lounge singing, and trivia nights (he particularly excels in the ...