About the Author Richard Wyatt was born and raised on a small dairy farm in the small rural town of Lebanon, Oregon. After school, he married his childhood sweetheart Charlotte. They raised four children of their own and now live in Lanai, Hawaii and have been married for thirty-three years. His wife, Charlotte, is a successful impressionistic and silk artist, while Richard loves to write, build wildwood furniture, and has adventured throughout Africa, The Middle East, Asia, and Central America as research for future story ideas.