Mike KearbyKearby was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, and received a B.S. from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1972. He worked in the irrigation industry for 20 years where he obtained patents 5,762,270, 5,992,760, 6,478,237, 6155,493, 6,209,801. He taught high school English and reading for ten years and created "The Collaborative Novella Project". The project allows future authors to go through the novel writing process from idea to published work. Kearby began novel writing in 2005 and has completed eleven novels, two graphic novels, and written the afterword to the TCU Press 2010 release of western novelist's, Elmer Kelton, The Far Away Canyon. Read More Read Less