Dudley Lynch was born in Tennessee but raised in an oft-moving preacher's family, mostly on the southern Great Plains. He has written 16 non-fiction books, including a biography of Lyndon Johnson and a study of Texas tornadoes. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.
""[A] superb writer [who] deftly guides you through apocalyptic terrorism, academic over-reach, religion as entertainment, the chances of fate, the sustenance of friendship, and the hunger for love, all out in the sunbaked badlands of West Texas."" -- Victor L. Hunter, co-author of The New York Times-reviewed novel Living Dogs and Dead Lions