PAUL WILLIAM BASS was born in Independence, Missouri and graduated from William Chrisman High School, Southwest Baptist College, and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served in full-time church staff positions for over nineteen years in Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri, and later served at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, as director of student activities. Paul began his writing career in 2007 and was awarded the 2019 and 2020 Writer of the Year Award by the Springfield Writer's Guild. Paul and his wife, Jan, live in Willard, Missouri. This is his eleventh book.