Gerald Weaver received his Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University and his bachelor's degree from Yale University. He has been a Capitol Hill chief of staff, a campaign manager, a lobbyist, a stay-at-home dad, a teacher of English and Latin, a collector and seller of Chinese antiquities and a contributor to the political magazine, George. He lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC, with his wife. The First First Gentleman is his second novel.