Richard F. Fleck
Dr. Richard F. Fleck is the author of the new book Desert Rims to Mountains High (2013), and writer of several forewords for the new Graphic Arts Books/Literary Naturalist Series beginning with Alaska Days With John Muir in August, 2013. He is editor of A Colorado River Reader (2000) and Critical Perspectives on Native American Fiction (1993, reprinted 1997) His biography is included in the 2007 Who’s Who in American Education. He holds a Ph.D in English from the University of New Mexico and has taught at the University of Wyoming for a number of years as well as serving as Visiting Professor at Osaka University and the University of Bologna. He still remains active by climbing mountains at age 75, (the latest being Guadalupe Peak, Texas) and hiking in the desert southwest. He is married for 50 years with Maura and has three children and seven grandchildren and resides in Denver, Colorado. He teaches occasional classes for Colorado Heights University in retirement.