Larry L. Franklin holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and performed in the U.S. Navy Band, located in Washington, D.C., from 1967 to 1971. From 1972 through 1975, Frankl...view moreLarry L. Franklin holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and performed in the U.S. Navy Band, located in Washington, D.C., from 1967 to 1971. From 1972 through 1975, Franklin taught music at Southern Illinois University. In 1976, he completed requirements for a certified financial planner designation and maintained a successful investment business until 2007, when he retired to devote his energies to writing. In 2003, Larry received an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Reviewers describe his work as “compassionate and compelling.”view less