J.D. Langston

Having been born in the deep south, I learned to love the slower pace with which southerners live and work.

I am adopted as the characters in the book are also. I was able to draw on the feelings I had as a child of feeling I "didn't belong".

My young life was filled with many opportunities to play and be creative without the hindrances that today's children have. Being a Baby Boomer myself, I experienced many of Susie's school days during the Cold War and the race to space.

I grew up listening to the first Elvis Presley songs, the rise of The Beetles, the Flower Children, the Sexual Revolution and many other great societal changes that occured.

My family was christian and we went to church faithfully, where I learned to love reading the Bible and trying to understand the truths in it. I was confused about the Israelites, but learned to love them as God's chosen race. I realized at a tender age that He also chose all those who loved Him and His Son, Jesus Christ.

In my college freshman english course, I learned I had a talent for writing. I began to write short stories, which I never got past the reading by friends and family. I decided I had a story that I wanted to tell and began writing my first book which took my mind to places I never thought I could. I did research to make the stories believeable, while drawing on many experiences of my own childhood.

Now I am hooked on writing! I am planning a pre-sequal to Inniquitous Connections: THE DARK, to begin in the years around 700 bc. Genealogical research on my roots has brought me much information and I am sure I will create a great new read!