Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the "Berkshire Eagle" and was a longtime staff writer for the "Hartford Courant". He has written for "Vanity Fair", "New York", "Life", and many other publications, and his stories have won the Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. His books include "Flight of Passage", "First Job", and "Shane Comes Home". He lives in northwest Connecticut.