About The Author

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Bryce Yarborough grew up in a middle-class family. Bryce, along with his older brother and younger sister, attended various schools as their parents moved from Missouri to Minnesota to Nebraska and then back to Missouri.

After graduating from the University of Missouri with a general studies degree, Bryce married his college girlfriend and enrolled in the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A little more than a year later, lacking a few hours from receiving his journalism degree, Bryce and his wife separated. Shortly thereafter, he divorced his wife and hit the road.

Following a hitchhiking odyssey in the '70s and '80s that took him to more than 35 countries, Bryce returned to the University of Missouri and completed his journalism degree. He worked as a reporter for the Denver Post and Glenwood Post in Colorado before joining the Royal Viking Sky cruise ship as its newspaper editor. Upon leaving the cruise ship, he traveled in Mexico and Central America.

Bryce then moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to start a rock band with some former college friends. He worked during the day as a travel copywriter and later as a hospital public relations professional. He married again in 1995 and was divorced in 2007.

Bryce presently lives in Kansas where he continues to write books, screenplays, songs and poems.

Bryce Yarborough's e-mail address: bryce@bryceyarborough.com

Close Calls’ dust jacket (hardback) flaps:

In Close Calls, master storyteller Bryce Yarborough takes you on a wild ride recounting his true adventures.

As a young man disillusioned by his life and looking for meaning, he sets off on a hitchhiking journey that lasts more than a decade.

Heeding the advice of Ray Bradbury, who advises aspiring writers to “be a kind of hysterical, emotional, vibrant creature who lives at the top of his lungs…," Yarborough propels himself into a world of intrigue. He naively discovers that some people want to befriend him, and others are bent on using him for their own purposes.

Forced to rely on his wits, Yarborough miraculously survives numerous brushes with danger and near death. Each chapter captures one of his narrow escapes while living on the road.

During his journey, Yarborough traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and parts of Central America, South America and North Africa. He spent weeks and months camping and hiking alone in wilderness areas.

To support his travels, he worked odd jobs such as waiting tables in New York and California, framing houses in Alaska, trimming coconut trees in Hawaii, picking grapes in France and working as a street musician.

After graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Yarborough worked several years as a newspaper reporter in Colorado before boarding a cruise ship as its newspaper editor. He left the cruise ship to travel in Mexico and Central America.

He then returned to Kansas City, Missouri, where he began a rock band. He also worked as a travel copywriter and a public relations professional.

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