K. B. Whitley

I was born and raised in rural southwest Loozianna on a line where the piney woods of East Texas quit dribbling over the Sabine and Calcasieu rivers and the flat rice farming Cajun country began. I served in the US Navy and started college at The University of Hawaii. After discharge, I worked on a Seismic Crew in the Atchafalaya Basin - the largest wetland and swamp in the nation. I soon quit that job and started back to college at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., where I met and married my wife 54 years ago. We have two very good and very creative Sons. We moved to Houston where, with her help, I graduated from the University of Houston and began a very successful career with a major oil/chemical company. After retirement, we moved to Marfa, Texas where I learned there is no such thing as retirement. So, with zero credentials, I started creative writing. We have lived in Marfa for near 20 years, where I have become a strong political activist and a writer. My work is represented at The Marfa Book Company, the Paisano Hotel, Front Street Books and on Amazon. I am a happy camper !!