Meet Rick swyden

Rick Swyden is a man of many passions. Top of the list is his wife Susan and five children, Christopher, Chase, Ryan, Alex, and Allison (Twins). He currently has five grandchildren, as of this writing, but suspects there will be more.

One of his earlier passions in life was playing the Bass Trombone and owning an 18-piece Big Band at the age of nineteen, making him the youngest orchestra leader in the country at that time. His big band once opened for The Buddy Rich Orchestra, and he has met many other Big Band leaders such as Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Doc Severinson, Maynard Ferguson, and Count Basie.

At age fourteen, he was a Duncan Yo-Yo State Champion which led to him winning a Three Speed Bicycle, which in turn led to perhaps his longest lasting passion of all, cycling and collecting bicycles.

Some forty years later while riding his cherished Dedacciai bicycle (which is not sold anywhere in the United States as of this writing) An idea for a novel came to him while riding around Lake Hefner in OKC and his life would never be the same as writing got its hooks in him — the result of which, perhaps you just read.

As this is his debut novel, he currently does not claim any literary awards. However, he was given a finger-painted award for best dad ever from his then five-year-old daughter and later from his kids as a coffee mug he uses for Hot Chocolate while watching Hallmark Christmas movies year-round. Somehow, he thinks this should count toward some type of off-off-off Broadway version of a Pulitzer Prize award. Rick aspires to update this page one day with actual literary awards and looks forward to the possibilities in the years ahead.