Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty works of published fiction. He has won the LGBTQ literary prize, the Rainbow Award three times (for Raining Men in 2013 best gay contemporary fiction and in 2021, his psychological thriller revolving around Jeffrey Dahmer, The Man from Milwaukee won for best gay mystery and best gay novel overall; the book has also been optioned for film and an Italian translation is slated for a May release at the Turin Book Fair, Italy's largest book fair).  He is also a three-time EPIC Ebook Award winner and a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Blue Umbrella Sky. Entertainment Weekly has described his work as “heartrending and sensitive.” Lambda Literary has called him: “A writer that doesn’t disappoint…” Rick lives in Palm Springs, CA, with his husband, Bruce, and their two rescue dogs, Kodi and Joaquin.Find him at www.rickrreedreality.blogspot.com. Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com