Richard lives with his family in the South Downs, Sussex, England. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University in 2014. He has an abiding relationship with America, having studied at Syracuse University, New York State, in the late eighties. His short stories have won the Exeter Story Prize, the Bedford International Writing Competition and the Nivalis Short Story Award. The Copper Road is the second novel in the Shire's Union trilogy. The first book of the trilogy, Whirligig, was shortlisted for the Rubery International Book Award. To learn more about Richard's writing visit https://www.richardbuxton.net.