Author: Richard Moreno
Bio: Richard Moreno is Director of Student Publications and an instructor in the English and Journalism Department at Western Illinois University. He was publisher of Nevada Magazine for 14 years and is the author of eight Nevada-related books. In 2007, he was awarded the Nevada Writer’s Hall of Fame’s Silver Pen Award, which recognizes emerging or mid-career writers who have shown substantial achievement in their work and a demonstrated connection with Nevada in either their subject matter or by living in the state.