Lars is a retired technical writer and former newspaper reporter and editor who has been writing since his English teacher got him hooked, in his first semester of high school.

As a journalist, he worked as a reporter/photographer for the Beloit (Kansas) Daily Call, editor-in-chief of the Eastern Arizona (Safford) Courier, and a reporter for the Phoenix Gazette and CityLife magazine. As a technical writer, his employers included Intel, Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor, and GTE Data Services.

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but has lived in Arizona since he was 12. He nostalgically calls Tucson his home town.

Lars resides on 12 acres near Whetstone, Arizona, with any other wildlife that happens onto the ranch.

He has bachelor degrees in Journalism and U.S. Government from the University of Arizona.

He can be contacted at LarsSamsonPoems@gmail.com.

Lars is the composer for the alternative-pop band E. CHINA C.

Band lyrics.