Although Roger Rule wrote his first book thirty years ago, and six others published since, Bill Tilghman and the Original Wild Bunch is only his second novel. According to literary critic Chris Wolcott, Mr. Rule is "a very talented writer and [has] a very distinctive style of writing." Rule is a graduate of Mizzou and a published author of authoritative books recognized as the reference source in their respective fields. These include: The Rifleman's Rifle (Alliance Books), Twentieth Century Winchester (Alliance Books), The Franchise Redbook (First and Second Printing, PSI Research), No Money Down Financing for Franchising (Oasis Press) and The Rule Book of Business Plans (Oasis Press). After serving as an infantry airborne officer in the U.S. Army, he started a real estate development business in California where he met and married, Eileen, a California real estate broker. Mr. Rule is past president of seven companies and is acknowledged in Who's Who in California, Personalities of America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry in America, and International Businessmen's Who's Who. He built the first assisted living facility in Hawaii and after selling his interest, retired and resumed his writing interests writing screenplays, business books, professional business plans for world-renown companies; and most recently, the novels Sarah and Bill Tilghman and the Original Wild Bunch.