Earl B RussellEarl B. Russell is a writer and blogger whose writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Arizona Republic, and the Austin American-Statesman. His first book is the bestselling, tragicomic Cold Turkey at Nine: The Memoir of a Problem Child, pubished in 2013. He retired as professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he also served as a department head. He held prior academic appointments at the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Ohio State University, and the University of Georgia. He is the father of two adult children, Joy and Robert. He is married to Ellen Summerfield Russell. They live in lively Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. Read More Read Less