John PritchardJohn Pritchard grew up in the Mississippi Delta. That region and its peculiarities are the focus of his writing. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has taught college English, written jingles, and worked in advertising and PR. In the 1960s, Prichard was employed as a copyboy and then as a news clerk for the New York Times. In the 1970s, he wrote lyrics on Music Row in Nashville, where a few of his songs were recorded on the Prairie Dust, Barnaby, Warner Bros., RCA, A&M, and RCA France labels. The author has also worked as a deputy sheriff and was briefly a deckhand on a Swedish freighter. Read More Read Less