Brett Alan Riley (born October 26, 1970) is an American writer and college professor. Riley was born in Topeka, Kansas, during his father's service in the United States Air Force. His family lived briefly in Austin, Texas, before moving to Crossett, Arkansas. Except for a two-year period spent in Gloster, Mississippi, and a one-year matriculation at Louisiana Tech University, Riley lived in Crossett until the age of twenty-eight. He has since lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Las Vegas, Nevada.