Shortly after 2012 started, I began to have characters form in my mind. When they wouldn’t leave me alone, I began to write them down in a spiral notebook. After several characters had illuminated themselves, I began to think about writing a book chronicling their lives, their adventures and their faith. In February my wife, Joyce, and I went to visit missionary friends who established Fields of the Fatherless Ministry in Uruguay (fieldsofthefatherless.org). Leaving my everyday world behind to help on the ministry’s farm gave me time to stop and listen. By the time we returned home, I was certain the Lord was telling me to do something with all those characters roaming freely in my mind. As a result of that prodding, I left my job in the spring and entered into a “Year of Jubilee”—a year dedicated to serving the Lord with my writing. Since then I've written and published The Key, book one of “The Peacemakers” series as an eBook. I will be publishing the second in the series later this summer and have drafts for the third and fourth books. Undergraduate and graduate studies in criminal justice, as well as a twenty- three-year career in a state prison give the background for some of my stories. I am a licensed, ordained minister and have had several opportunities to work in ministry, both part-time and full-time. I rely heavily on this wealth of real world experiences in developing my characters and their lives. Joyce and I live in Georgetown, Texas where we share our home with my elderly mother, and Mittens, our cat. Five children and six grandchildren are scattered from South Korea to North Carolina.