Rustle Me Up Some Texas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781442143753)

N. R. Taube has been creating stories since childhood. Though a writer of fiction for over 25 years, her professional publications have been focused on topical articles-including music, social justice, gun control and over population-for small newspapers and magazines. However, after the 2000 American presidential election, when it became unclear whether the winner was actually elected by the American public or merely appointed by the Supreme Court-when, as Michael Moore and many others proclaimed, it became further apparent that the delineation between fiction and the presumed non-fictitious world of current events was growing hazier by the minute-she felt it was time to publish a novel that dealt with this nebulous state of affairs. Her writing takes a look at how shifting human motivations, spins and perceptions make it almost invariably impossible to uncover, let alone write about the truth; that setting one's rudder on a straight, truthful, well intentioned course remains, even with the availability of more information and broader modes of communication, ripe fodder for the discomforts and relief of humor. She has lived primarily in Vermont since 1983, apart from a short, nine-month stint in Boston and three years between 2005 and 2008 in West Cork, Ireland-a relief from the terrors and stresses of the Bush-Cheney era. She lives with her family, which includes Billie Boo Baggins the Bouncing Border Collie as a prominent member.