A former disc jockey, small market public television producer, ad agency creative director, and university professor, Robert Rudd now lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife, Crickett, and their 3 perfect cats, where he writes, gardens, and often wonders about the state of and future American democracy. He is the author of His Mother’s Garden, a novel, and is the co-author, with Marshall Most, of Stars, Stripes, and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball Film.