Jack Harpster

Jack Harpster (1937 - ) was born in Burlington, Vermont, raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and received a BS degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1959. He spent the next forty-three years working on the business management side of the newspaper industry in Southern California and Las Vegas.

In 2002, following his retirement, Harpster began writing as a hobby. His first book, "John Ogden, the Pilgrim (1609 - 1682): A Man of More Than Ordinary Mark," an outgrowth of a family genealogy study, was published in 2006. He has since written six other books, all in the personal or institutional biography genre.

"Most of my books have been published by university or educational publishers," Harpster said. "But I work very hard at making them entertaining and interesting stories as well. I want readers of my books to learn something about the life I'm writing about; but I want them to have fun too."

Harpster and his wife Cathy are currently residents of Reno, Nevada.