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About the Author
William Florence is a former newspaper reporter and editor
who teaches journalism at a college in Salem, Oregon. He worked
at newspapers in Michigan, Washington, D.C., South Dakota, Indiana,
and Oregon for almost 25 years before heading the Chemeketa journalism
department in 1993.
He has written newspaper articles, features, columns,
editorials, and has been published widely in individual newspapers
and on wire services throughout the country. He has won writing awards
in four states. His work has been published nationally in such widely
read industry magazines as The Bulletin for the American Society of
Newspaper Editors and APME NEWS for the Associated Press Managing
Editors group.
As well as living in the West, Mr. Florence has traveled
extensively throughout the Western states and has a good feel for
the land and the people. He studies Western lore, is knowledgeable
about the customs and history of the times, and is especially
well-versed in the guns that were used during this period. In his
spare time, he writes Western novels.
He attended colleges in Michigan and Ireland. He is a
voracious reader (particularly of Western novels from all periods)
and a movie buff (with Westerns again a favorite genre). He is
married and has two adult children, along with three cats and a big
mortgage. His wife, Linda, a high school administrator and former
English teacher, is his toughest critic as well as his best friend.
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