Everett Powers began writing fiction in 2002 and completed his first novel, CANALS, in 2003. He has written four Grant Starr novels. He was raised in the small town of Atwater in the Central San Joaquin Valley in California and raised his family just north of Atwater, in Modesto. Three of his novels are set in Modesto. He currently lives with his wife Penny Lighthall Boothe in Southern Utah County, where he doesn't really enjoy the snow or cold.