D. R. Young has been weaving stories since he was a kid sketching comic books in the suburbs, dreaming up heroes, their sidekicks (a talking violin!) and clever twists.

 

As a teen, he swapped pencils for pulpits, preaching tales of faith to captivated crowds. Later, he poured his creativity into music, then pivoted to a career as a software engineer.

 

All the while, stories bubbled in the back of his mind.

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Now, he’s a husband, dad, and the emotional support human to a scrappy Shih Tzu with a knack for laziness.

 

His debut novel, Tunnel Vision, A Coldwater Chronicles Thriller, is a Southern Missouri mystery series where a law grad with iffy vision takes on small-town corruption. Inspired by his own history (and battles) with corrective eye surgery, coupled with childhood trips to hauntingly familiar places, it’s the first of many tales to come.

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The engineer in him still tinkers, and his X suspension fight... and loss... sparked a wild AI fix-it pitch on his blog.

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But the writer’s in charge now, crafting novels packed with murder, thrills, and heart. Those small-town shadows have more secrets to share, and D. R. Youngs’s just getting started.