author : GaryJoseph Gary Crance was born in Upstate New York near his hometown of Painted Post. He spent hundreds of nights with his father and their dogs, chasing raccoon through the hills of this scenic land. After a career in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to Painted Post with his family, back to the woodland hollows of his youth. \n\nHe has published three novels in his Ryland Creek Saga: The Last Coon Hunter, An Exceptional Hound, and The Legends of Ryland Creek.