A fictional re-creation of the life of Lottie Deno, a historical woman whose facility with playing cards, personal character, and beauty became legend in Texas after the Civil War.
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Frank Thurmond (a distant cousin of William Faulkner) earned English degrees at the University of Mississippi and Oxford University (UK). He teaches English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and, in the evenings, serenades his rescue dogs with wind instruments.
