Born and raised in Oklahoma, Jeffrey L. Richards presently lives in New Jersey. His first novel, The Summer of Jenny Wade, published via Amazon in September 2015. He is diligently working on his second novel, The Reclamation of Karel Benakov, launching in the summer of 2016. He is also a playwright, with his first play, Stillwater, debuting in New York in January 2016 as part of the Venus/Adonis Theater Festival. His second play, The Boys of Ward 6, is being readied for its inaugural reading, and his third play, On Being Lost, is in development.