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Don Williams

My ancestors from Wales settled near Scranton, Pennsylvania, circa 1720, and according to my mother and my grandmother, I am allegedly a direct descendant of Ethan Allen. It was not until the end of World War II that any of their descendants, including me at age 6, ventured away from that part of the country, when my father shocked the whole family by boldly accepting a job with a construction firm that required us to relocate to southern Indiana. That’s where I was raised.

I spent a lot of adventurous time in my childhood making up stories to tell my friends, i.e., I was related to the famous ballplayer, Ted Williams (not true). I was also related to the family that owned the legendary King’s Ranch in Texas, where I had my own herd of horses, an inventory of brand new Schwinn bicycles and access to more money than I knew what to do with (of course, none of this was true, either). Yet, I don’t remember anybody ever doubting me about the validity of those remarkable claims. Looking back, those tall tales must have planted the roots of my wanting to write novels and tell stories.

In school, it was my plan to pursue sports reporting as a career, but circumstances in my early adult life sent me in a different direction and I put the writing on hold. As time went by I began to research, and scribble ideas and thoughts on paper, until one day, I had completed the rough draft of my first novel, "It’s Conspiracy By Any Name".

Since then, with the use of the internet and a tremendous amount of help from people in numerous organizations, namely the Spokane Authors and Self Publishers, the Post Falls Library Writers Group, and the Maryvale Branch of the Phoenix Public Library, I’ve become a self-taught accomplished writer.

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