Jim Sargent

Author Jim Sargent grew up playing sports like baseball in Flint, Michigan. After Kearsley High, he earned the Bachelor's at Eastern Michigan in 1964, and his MA and PhD in US History both came from Michigan State. Starting in 1970, he taught American History for forty years at Clemson, Ball State, and, after moving to Roanoke in 1977, Virginia Western Community College. In recent years Jim has published several Mickey Mathews mysteries, most recently Brotherly Love (Doce Blant Publishing, 2023). Mickey, a former sports star at Michigan Normal College (today's Eastern Michigan), lives in Ypsilanti with his wife Patty, writes mystery novels, and travels with friends to solve an occasional mystery. Next Jim and his granddaughter Audrey Deichmann co-authored the Young Adult mystery, Teen Spies (Doce Blant, 2024). Jim and Audrey recently wrote the sequel, Teen Targets (2026). Both Teen Spies and Teen Targets can be can be purchased from the author, from Amazon, or ordered at bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.