I was born in Newark and received a streetwise education growing up in the Jersey suburbs. At an early age, I began my study of music theory and the classics on an old spinet piano. Eventually, I made the transition to the Hammond organ, where I “hammered out” rhythm and blues with some of the area’s most popular bands. At sixteen, I debuted as a performing artist in nightclubs and staged venues and went on to compose music during the Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll.
To honor a commitment to complete my college education, I earned an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University. Soon after, I seized an opportunity in the business world and launched a rewarding career managing the design, construction, and maintenance of award-winning commercial buildings in Northern California. After several decades of directing successful operations in corporate America, I began to aggressively nurture my love for storytelling.
I became established as an author following several years of creative writing study and literary editing. While traveling the world to gather information and inspiration for my first published, Beverly Hills and Indie award-winning sci-fi thriller, Shifts, and its sequel, Senders (both Wheatmark, 2015), I honed my skills as a photojournalist and founded Image to Art, an online gallery featuring an extensive catalogue of original natural world images, rendered into graphic works of art.
I now reside in a suburb of Sacramento, California with my wife and Yellow Lab named Dave, and in close proximity to my children and grandchildren. Information about prior releases and upcoming projects can be found at https://www.waynehammer.com.
