Richard Sutton

A former commune-dwelling goat herding hippie and guitar picker turned tree planter and ski mechanic, illustrator, wood carver and carpenter; author Richard Sutton left college and hitch-hiked to New York in 1972 with forty dollars in his pocket and no preconceptions.

"There, I met my wife, worked in advertising and design until I was an empty, hollow shell, then ran a retail gallery, becoming an Indian Trader in 1985."

More travel followed along with a home in New Mexico. He finally saw the light of day and began to write fiction more or less full-time, in 1996.

An historical fiction/fantasy The Red Gate began it all in 2009, then a sequel, The Gatekeepers in 2010. He prefers to write cross-genre and also writes in SciFi and more literary/modern styles, too. Since 2010 there have been one or two books released each year or two until 2016, when the outside world closed in and his concentration for fiction was stalled by family health issues. Two more books remain currently in the works for possible release by 2020.