L. P. Arnold was a federal law enforcement officer then a business owner and rancher in Texas. Now retired, he and Vicki have been married more than forty years, have three grown sons and six grandchildren all but one of which live close by. He is a graduate of the University of Tulsa and a veteran having served overseas in the U.S. Army. He was born amidst the beautiful Missouri Ozarks then raised in a wonderful small town, Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

"Having two hometowns, Sand Springs and the historic little village of Cassville, Missouri, has made for a streak of nostalgia I can never satisfy." The author loves to write about people's instinctive desire to 'come home' to the places and people of their youth and dreams. Those homecomings make for stories of real people dealing with their own triumphs, loves, and tragedies much like those he himself has experienced. Readers sometimes say that his work uncovers forgotten feelings and memories from their own lives.