Ray Keating's MURDERER'S ROW: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL was named KFUO radio's BookTalk "Book of the Year" for 2015. Also, THE RIVER: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL was a 2014 "Book of the Year" finalist. In addition, Keating has written AN ADVENT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL, ROOT OF ALL EVIL? A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL and WARRIOR MONK: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL. In addition to being a novelist, Keating is an economist, entrepreneur and adjunct college professor, as well as a former, 20-plus-year newspaper columnist with Newsday and Long Island Business News.