Don Kirk

So what are you to believe? Don Kirk caters the sketches about himself to the book he is trying to sell. They're different on every cover jacket. That's good marketing, I guess, but who is this guy anyway? Does he have a sense of humor? Yes. Is he a little bit off balance, about a quarter of a bubble off? Yes. Does he enjoy writing? Well, it seems so, but you be the judge. Here are the "About the Author" sketches on some of his books:

Donald Keith Kirk was born in Modesto, California and after being hauled around the country as the son of an army officer, he finally came to settle in the quiet Texas town of San Antonio. After a short career in Architecture, Motion Picture Production, and Graphic Design, he began to take writing more seriously...

Don Kirk, a graduate of Texas A&M University in Architectural design, developed this plan for a cultural and educational museum about the Western in film and the history of the American West. Nothing of its kind has ever been built to date though many have dreamed of it including western author Louis L'Amour. Don Kirk has traveled the American West to photograph and research this project...

Don's writing career began in the fourth grade with cartoon strips starring Long Nose of Long Nose Town and a story about his traumatic experiences in a hospital when his tonsils were removed...

Donald Kirk, also know as "The Captain," has been writing stories for kids since he himself was one. Starting at age 8, he was writing and illustrating cartoon strips, the most famous, Long Nose of Long Nose Town. In middle school, he wrote Professor Plugnickle's Theory of the Human Body and The Adventures of Commando Cudie. And in high school, it was illustrated books like Murphy's Mad Monster Murder Mysteries...

Don has been an Old West fan for about as long as he can remember...

Don Kirk, a reclusive character with unkempt hair and threadbare clothing--happy to be locked up with just pen and paper--has never conformed to the bustling urban world of cell phones and television sets. He doesn't seem to cogitate like the rest of us, processing information and observing the world in a way we can't quite understand--though it seems completely clear to him...

So what are you to believe?

If you've read any of his books, please review them. He loves good harsh criticism.