Joseph Nutter is a Texas author, screenwriter, and patent pending inventor. He decided one day to adapt one of his many screenplays, "Odds Against Tomorrow," to a novel. The story was written originally with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in mind. The western script was a finalist in an international screenplay competition; a quarter-finalist at the prestigious Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting; and was given a 'Recommend' by the Hollywood industry.