Rick Baber, insurance adjuster, photographer, and ex-private investigator, has been writing stories since the age of twelve. "Purity" - his first venture into the mystery genre - is his third book, following "Dinner with WT" (a humor anthology) and "To Gain the Motherland" (an epic sci-fi tale), along with hundreds of newspaper columns. He lives in Springdale, Arkansas, with his wife, Becky.