Curtis Herden has seen plenty of traumatic events in his first seven years of life. His father died in a drill rig accident, his mother, Bonnie, was briefly jailed for the murder of his stepfather and he watched a man who was harassing his mother get shot to death in a parking lot. After all that, Bonnie decided, with the urging of the sheriff and her attorney, they needed to leave their Southeast Wyoming home and to start a new life in a small town in Central Nebraska. Though he struggled to make friends, and was tormented by one particular bully, Curtis thrived in school and set his sights on being a farmer. One summer he met a girl his own age and they became best friends. With her encouragement, he came further out of the protective shell he had constructed around himself. However, when Mary disappears late one night the community's suspicion falls on Curtis.
Rusty Bradshaw has been around. Born in California, grew up in Wyoming, spent many years in Oregon, now in Arizona. After graduating from Dubois High School in Wyoming, he attended Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming then went to Oregon to obtain his bachelor's degree from Eastern Oregon University. It was in Oregon where Rusty, an avid reader, started what has been a 40-plus year career in journalism at several newspapers in Seaside, St. Helens, Milton-Freewater and Astoria. During his career in Oregon, Rusty won several writing awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. He was also named Junior Citizen of the Year by the Milton-Freewater Chamber of Commerce and coached youth football for nine years. Rusty's career continued after a move to Arizona in 2004. He was editor of two newspapers in age-restricted communities - Sun City and Sun City West. He has two grown children - Sara in Oregon and Evan in Idaho. He lives in Glendale with his wife, Jeanne, who has a grown son - Billy in Arizona. They enjoy football, bingo, road trips, jigsaw puzzles and any other activities they can do together. Rusty is also a photographer with a large portfolio of scenics for sale.Visit www.rustythewriter.org for information about his photos and published books.
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