John Richard Hall

John Richard Hall—soldier, magician, IT project manager, over-the-road truck driver, oil-field hand—has spent a lifetime in motion. In 2011, he walked away from a high-paying oil-field job over a question of personal honor, pulled his motorcycle out of storage, and rode coast to coast. The resulting memoir, Keep the Shiny Side Up: Riding Off Into the American Sunset, is a literary road memoir about the America that doesn't make the highlight reel—and what one man finds when he stops running from himself. Currently seeking representation.