About the Author

J.B. Hogan is a prolific and award-winning author. He grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but moved to Southern California in 1961 before entering the U. S. Air Force in 1964. After the military, he went back to college, receiving a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University in 1979. J.B. has published over 250 stories and poems. His novels, The Apostate, Living Behind Time, Losing Cotton, and Tin Hollow-as well as his local baseball history book, Angels in the Ozarks, a short story collection entitled Fallen, and his book of poetry, The Rubicon-are available at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Walmart. When he's not writing or teaching, J.B. plays upright bass in East of Zion, a family band specializing in bluegrass-flavored Americana music, and is active in the Washington County (AR) Historical Society, where he's recently served as President.