James R Wilder

James R. Wilder is a veteran journalist who spent much of his free time as a young man in Grubville, Missouri, and the surrounding Jefferson County area. It was there that he learned of the community’s culture, history, and folklore. His career as a journalist included covering law enforcement “beats” that encompassed crime investigations involving city police departments, county sheriff’s offices, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The result led to his creation of the Harbison Mystery Series that draws consists of rural “who-dun-its," predominantly during the Great Depression.