Brian PetersenRaised in a small town banking family in North Dakota, Brian Petersen saw firsthand the relationships and work among the bank and staff, the business people, and the public to keep the town and surrounding community going. He learned that the banker as crucial in supporting customers through the best of times and the worst, and crucial in keeping an isolated small town afloat. He saw bankers as the hard working, kind, and ethical backbone of the community, along with a few outliers. The author has spent years gathering stories from friends in small towns and has been able to adapt these stories for his varied writing career. Petersen has worked as a bank teller, bartender, bookstore clerk, workover-rig floorhand, ranch-hand, artist assistant, journalist, and volunteer fishing guide. His first novel VANISH is set in a small town in North Dakota and the struggles of the residents with the boom and bust cycles of the energy industry.Petersen lives in Montana. Read More Read Less