Dr. James C. Burnham was born in Oklahoma and thereafter lived in small, country towns until his family moved to Northern California. Among rice paddies and wildlife reserves, he enjoyed a Huckleberry Finn childhood. His backyard was the Sacramento River, where he fished and swam at leisure. He has since earned professional degrees in music, literature, counseling, and a doctorate in learning psychology. A graduate of the Stanford University's Graduate Certificate in Novel Writing and an alumni of the Olympic Valley Writers Conference (formerly Squaw Valley), James is currently hosting a podcast on mental health titled Out of the Deep End, teaching for the University of Oklahoma, and writing his next novel. Wordpress: http://www.outofthedeepend.com Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76... Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fru...