A graduate of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary; Jeffrey Kendall was a practicing Catholic priest in the Diocese of Charleston; SC for twenty years and lead the renovation of the Old Schoolhouse at Saint James the Greater Mission; a building in Colleton County; SC constructed by freed slaves in 1870. After enduring years of abuses of power within the Catholic church; he left the Church. He currently lives in South Dakota; and when not writing; he enjoys spending time outdoors with his Black Mouth Cur; Miss Josephine.