Pam Crooks

Pam has long enjoyed the Old West era. Having lived in Nebraska all her life, and a good chunk of those years in the ranch country of western Nebraska, it was only natural that she grew to love the time period. Watching all the popular westerns such as Bonanza, High Chapparel, Gunsmoke and Rawhide - with that cutie Rowdy Yates - influenced her a bit, too. Pam has written much of her adult life. While waiting for her husband to return from the graveyard shift at Union Pacific, she penned her story in a spiral notebook with only Johnny Carson and his Tonight Show to keep her company. When she received an electric typewriter as a birthday gift, she was sure she'd hit the big time. But it wasn't until she moved to eastern Nebraska that she discovered Romance Writers of America and her local chapter. The computer age hit, and she was off and running. Pam lives with her husband (who is not a cowboy), and their growing family - four daughters, two sons-in-law, their very first grandchild and last but not least, Spencer, a good-natured golden lab mix.