Into God's Country is Jim Dobkins' 13th book credit as author or co-author. He has also ghostwritten several books. Jim scripted the documentary short Someone Who Cares, which was in Oscar competition. He has co-authored True Crime books, and several Faith-Based books with Russ Miller, including The Theft of America's Heritage, Darwinian Delusion, 371 Days That Scarred Our Planet, and The Submerging Church. His first book, Winnie Ruth Judd: The Trunk Murders, which he co-authored, was nominated for Crime Book of the Year and was a one-month bestseller in the Doubleday Bargain Book Club. Jim also co-wrote The Ararat Conspiracy, and authored his childhood memoirs, The Peach Tree Limb. Jim earned his BA degree from Arizona State University, and is a ScreenwritingU Graduate. He lives with his wife Marti in Arizona. They have a son and a daughter, and seven grandchildren.