1988/Canadian/General Fiction
William F. Whaley was born, raised, and will probably die in smalltown Canada.
If asked about his particular genre, he will typically respond, "I call it Extreme General Fiction; it's what you'd get if Richard Bachman and Chuck Palahniuk raped Kevin Smith."
"I mean, sure. Fiction. Sometimes I dabble in scifi; but, no, really.. general fiction is my home."
As for poetry, anyone with a grade 11 high school education will be able to tell you that a typical William F. Whaley poem is comprised of a set of 4-9 unmetered quatrains, usually with an ABAB rhyme scheme.
“I'm just an eloquent hick,” Willy will say. His readers would likely agree, if he had a fanbase to speak of.