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Wes Brummer

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Wes Brummer was born and raised in Kansas, now residing in Wichita. His parents, aunts, and uncles were all children of the Great Depression. And so, many family reunions contained a good share of storytelling—and retelling—about growing up in the 1930’s. Grandad Bullard’s story of being stalked by a cougar when he was always a favorite. After high school, he attended Hutchinson Community Junior College and Emporia State University, attaining an M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling. Over the years, he worked in sheltered workshops, group homes, and vocational rehabilitation evaluation centers. Jobs included job placement worker, shelter workshop supervisor, counselor, and desk work as a Disability Examiner for the state. These days he’s working with his wife in her snack bar business in the county courthouse, serving a varied clientele, from judges to gangbangers. It makes for an interesting day. His first published work was in the Hutch JUCO literary annual called “The Tulgy Wood.” Other stories include an award winners from the Kansas Writers Association. The genesis for his first novel was a trip to find an old county asylum. Wondering what kind of people lived behind those walls became the idea behind Dust and Roses. Mr. Brummer is already researching his next historical novel set in rural Kansas during World War II.
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