R.C. Durkee is a writer and an artist who blends her love of history, nature and rural life into her creative projects. The sixth generation to have lived on her family's 188 year old farm, she has raised draft ponies, sheep, cows and crops. Living on a generational farm ripe with history sparked her interest in early American history, local history, historical places, century barns and buildings and Civil War sites. Stories handed down have found their way into her essays, short stories and now novels. She is currently writing a Civil War novel based on actual events. RUM RUN is her debut novel.