Wayne Orr

Robert Wayne Orr is the third of eight children. He was born twelve miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas in a little house on his maternal grandfather's farm. When he was twelve years old, his father bought a small farm in southeastern Oklahoma, and the family moved there. Wayne spent his evenings, weekends and summers taking care of the cows and pigs, working in the fields, cutting firewood and hauling hay. The Orrs sold their farm when Wayne was a senior in high school. As soon as he graduated, the family left Oklahoma for the oilfields of West Texas. Wayne worked there for a while and decided that the work was too hard and dirty. He went to Austin and enrolled in the University of Texas to study for a Bachelor of Journalism degree. While he was a student, he met and married Esther Mata which he says was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to him. After Wayne received his journalism degree, he went to work for the federal government writing manuals and regulations, first in San Antonio, then in Dayton, Ohio and finally in the Washington, DC area including the Pentagon. He is retired from the government and now spends much of his time writing and traveling. Wayne has written three other books, Lonely Texas Road, Dust and Empty Dreams and The Awakening (The Gay Preacher). The characters in his books are based on people he has known. They are believable and real.