Hansen Alexander was reared on a goat farm in rural Quaker Springs, New York.  He earned his B.A. in History from the University of Texas, and his J.D. from New York Law School in New York City, where he practiced law for many years.   His books include the comic novels, Love and the Younger Woman, and Rat City, biographies of sports icons Tim Tebow and Roger Clemens,  the romantic novel Lovers in Another Time, an introductory The Laws of the United States for the general reader, a biography of Texas Folklore Society co-founder, L.W. Payne, Jr., and an eclectic collection of humor, literary essays, and social commentary, Confessions of a Professional Bullshitter. His wife Taube Cyrus is a poet and literary essayist.