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R. Clifford Blair
Biography
Cliff’s family, as well as his wife’s, settled in Florida almost two hundred years ago. He grew up in the rich Southern tradition of storytelling and considers himself as much storyteller as author. While his father died when Cliff was nine years old, he can still recite many of the stories, poems, songs and homilies his father passed down to him.
For a number of years during his childhood Cliff was mischaracterized as having an intellectual or learning deficit, but was finally diagnosed at age 16 with a rare eye disease that had significantly impacted his vision. He was subsequently sent to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind from which he graduated in 1957.
After a series of menial jobs including that of a trash collector in a box factory, the Florida Council for the Blind sent him to a rehabilitation center in Daytona Beach, Florida, to assess whether he might be trained for gainful employment. As the result of a series of evaluations carried out there he was enrolled at the University Of Florida but left after one semester of study.
Some years later he enrolled in the University Of South Florida where he earned bachelors, masters and a PhD degree. He subsequently joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University and later returned to the University Of South Florida where his primary duties involved teaching and research. He eventually became interim chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics.
Now retired, Cliff lives with his wife and two dogs on a beautiful lake in the Appalachian mountains of northeast Tennessee. He has laid aside the expository writing which characterized his academic career for short story and novel writing—a long held ambition. In addition to assisting his wife in caring for stray dogs and other injured “critters” found in the mountains, Cliff enjoys his writing and is diligently working to develop a close meaningful relationship with his hammock. Shadows Behind The Wall is his first novel.
For a number of years during his childhood Cliff was mischaracterized as having an intellectual or learning deficit, but was finally diagnosed at age 16 with a rare eye disease that had significantly impacted his vision. He was subsequently sent to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind from which he graduated in 1957.
After a series of menial jobs including that of a trash collector in a box factory, the Florida Council for the Blind sent him to a rehabilitation center in Daytona Beach, Florida, to assess whether he might be trained for gainful employment. As the result of a series of evaluations carried out there he was enrolled at the University Of Florida but left after one semester of study.
Some years later he enrolled in the University Of South Florida where he earned bachelors, masters and a PhD degree. He subsequently joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University and later returned to the University Of South Florida where his primary duties involved teaching and research. He eventually became interim chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics.
Now retired, Cliff lives with his wife and two dogs on a beautiful lake in the Appalachian mountains of northeast Tennessee. He has laid aside the expository writing which characterized his academic career for short story and novel writing—a long held ambition. In addition to assisting his wife in caring for stray dogs and other injured “critters” found in the mountains, Cliff enjoys his writing and is diligently working to develop a close meaningful relationship with his hammock. Shadows Behind The Wall is his first novel.
Where to find R. Clifford Blair online
Website: http://www.brightonpublishing.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Sam, Tyrone, The Streak and Me
by R. Clifford Blair
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 71,990.
Language:
American English.
Published: April 19, 2021
by
Brighton Publishing LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Inspirational, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Franklin Pierce Holloway learns about love, loyalty and loss on the porch swing of his home in small-town Alabama from his faithful Bluetick hound, Tyrone, his best friend, Sam, and Butler, the new boy in town.
Sam, Tyrone, the Streak, and Me is a story of enduring love, abiding friendships, and hope for surviving the stormy seas of life from an unusual source ...
... the Little Petunia.
Shadows Behind the Wall
by R. Clifford Blair
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 60,030.
Language:
American English.
Published: September 6, 2016
by
Brighton Publishing LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Biographical
Chris Montgomery enrolls in the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in Saint Augustine, Florida. Suspected of being involved in a rape and two students deaths, he revisits the school many years later seeking to resolve issues, but finds solace illusionary.