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Reed Arvin grew up on a working cattle ranch in Kansas. He studied music in college, became a successful session musician and record producer, and toured the world with a variety of artists. He now writes full time. His first novel The Wind in the Wheat was published in 1994. He is the author of two critically acclaimed thrillers, The Last Goodbye and Blood of Angels. He and his wife Dianne, a painter, split their time between homes in Nashville, TN, and St. Petersburg, FL
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You were a musician for quite some time, yes?
I made my living as a studio musician and record producer for nearly twenty
years before I started writing. I played with Amy Grant for several years, and
had a chance to see the world touring with her and other artists.
My musical voyages have taken me to some very strange places. I was once in
a reggae band in which the drummer's name -- I mean the one on his driver's
license, not his nickname -- was Turnip Greens. First name Turnip, last name
Greens. I've been in salsa bands, and I once played in a Latin band in the
garage of a Ford dealership in Guadalajara. Another time, I played for some
drug dealers in Colombia. I didn't know they were drug dealers until
afterwards, when they tried to pay the band with cocaine. Believe me, the
music business was everything I had heard about and more. Eventually I became
a producer, which at least meant I got to stay home for a change.
Academically, I have two degrees in music.
Do you feel that background helped with your new career as a novelist?
For me, studying music was actually better preparation for writing than
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