Author's Bio
Two weeks before R.H. Sheldon fell from a
helicopter - breaking both arms and both legs - a friend told
him about a dream she had in which all his bones and joints had
turned to mush. Upon hearing the grim details of the dream, he
considered for a moment its symbolic implications, then, with a
brief smile and a quick shrug, he went on his way.
After the accident, as he lay in intensive care - his arms and
legs casted and held in the air with an assortment of lines and
pulleys - he considered the dream and the wisdom of hanging from
helicopters. And though his musings were regularly interrupted
by the loud moans of the man in the next bed, and colored by the
steady drip of morphine into his traumatized veins, he realized
that it might be time to pursue other pastimes. So he turned to
freelance writing, which has proven to be a somewhat safer
endeavor.
Since his five-week hospital stay, R.H. Sheldon has written a
wide range of material, including feature articles, restaurant
reviews, legal summaries, marketing copy, and training material.
He has also authored or co-authored 11 technical books and a
number of technical articles.
However, R.H. Sheldon is perhaps best known for his novel
Dancing the River Lightly (SterlingHouse Publishers, 2005),
a playful romp set in the sometimes frightening, sometimes
fantastic world of the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the
novel, he has written the novella Pacific Passion, which he
and a gaggle of friends published as part of the gag-gift series
ToileTales: Read 'em and Wipe. You can still find
Pacific Passion in outhouses across America.
When writing fiction, R.H. Sheldon relies on his own experiences
for inspiration. Whether recovering from a helicopter fall,
soaking in hot springs in the Yukon Territory, running from
bears in the Colorado Rockies, delivering artwork across the
Southwest, backpacking down old mining trails in the Grand
Canyon, or listening to music on Bourbon Street, he believes
that life's experiences are a writer's best assets.
But writing hasn't been his only career. He has run bulldozers,
tended bar, led nature hikes, driven buses, operated ski lifts,
conducted tours, pumped gas, painted signs, waited tables,
guided raft trips, taught guitar, worked on ambulances, made
stained glass windows, and generally sold and bartered his
services wherever and whenever he could peddle them.
And his list of residences is as long as his résumé. Raised in
Chicago, R.H. Sheldon has since lived in Colorado Rockies, in
and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a short time on the Russian
River in Sonoma County, California; in the central Cascade
Mountains of Washington state; and in Seattle. His residences
have included everything from basements to backrooms, lodges to
teepees, boats to VW buses, adobe homes to mountain cabins,
where he relied on wood stoves for heat, hand pumps for water,
and outhouses for relief.
R.H. Sheldon now resides in Seattle, enjoying the luxuries of
running water and indoor plumbing.
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Contact the author:
contact@rhsheldon.com
Check out R.H. Sheldon's latest novel:
Dancing the
River Lightly
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