Seasons of Triumph: A shy, undersized coal miner’s son dreams of excelling in sports, winning the heart of a girl, and being a pilot.

Kenny Wayne Fields is the award-winning author of The Rescue of Streetcar 304, for which he was inducted into the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Literary Hall of Fame. He’s the son of a coalminer and was born in McDowell County, West Virginia, and graduated from Big Creek High School in the same county. He also attended four years of grade school in Breathitt County, Kentucky...two of which were in a one room school... and he spent his freshman year of high school in Lockland, Ohio. During high school, Kenny was a triple-sport athlete, and, in college, he was a three-year starter on the baseball team. After receiving a BA in English from LMU, he earned U.S. Navy ’Wings of Gold’ and served as a jet pilot for 22 years. During the Vietnam War, he flew 140 combat missions from aircraft carriers in the A-7 Corsair plane. Now, he is writing his third book, which will cover the time between Seasons of Triumph and The Rescue of Streetcar 304. Kenny and his wife, Shirley, reside in Winchester, Virginia, and more details about them can be seen on Kenny’s book website, kennywaynefields.com.