Dave Carty attended Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, where he majored in Journalism. He published over 1000 articles in a host of national publications while simultaneously writing novels on the side. Leaves On Frozen Ground is his first literary fiction. His most recent novel is Red Is The Fastest Color. Carty writes from his home in southwestern Montana, where he lives with three English Pointer bird dogs and indulges his non-literary passions: dancing, bird hunting, woodworking, and all things outdoors.