Garland Robert (Bob) Tait was born and raised in the small country town of Mt. Carmel, Utah. Bob is a retired science teacher and school administrator and lives in Phelan Caliornia with his wife Kathryn. He spent much of his life as a teen hiking and hunting in the hills in and around the massive and stunningly beautiful Grand Staircase National Monument in southeastern Utah. It is this experience that provided the inspiration for the setting for Blind Revenge. Bob is an avid sportsman.