I became interested in writing fiction while studying creative writing in college. After retiring from the practice of general surgery in 1993, I began to write my first novel, No Lesser Measure, which remains unpublished. My second novel, Incident at Crazy Woman Creek, was published by Infinity Publishing in 1999. Bighorn Publishing has contracted to publish it and my latest novel, Wakan Man, and, also, my anthology of short stories, Ridden Hard--Put Up Wet, originally published as a series by American Western Magazine.

One year after graduating from Big Cabin, Oklahoma High School in 1944, I enrolled at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. After graduating in 1947, I attended Oklahoma University and the University of Central Oklahoma. I enrolled at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences -- College of Osteopathic Medicine, in 1948. Following graduation in 1952, I interned for one year at the Clinic Hospital, Nowata, Oklahoma. I practiced general medicine and surgery in Bonham, Texas until 1958 when I decided to specialize in general surgery. I served a second internship at the Gleason Hospital, Larned, Kansas, and then served a five-year preceptor-residency in general surgery at the Fremont Clinic and Hospital in Riverton, Wyoming. I received the degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Surgeon Specialists in 1968. I served as the president of what is now the American Association of Physician Specialists in 1972. Prior to retiring in 1993, I served several years as an Adjunct Professor and member of the Admissions Committee for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.