Carla J FieldCarla Field was born and raised in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts and loved the history of that area. She has been writing professionally since the 1980s, and won several awards for short stories and poetry, before beginning a 25-year careeras a TV and digital news journalist and manager, during which she was awarded several Associated Press, and Society of Professional Journalism awards, and an Edward R. Murrow Award.After years of working in cities from Austin to Miami, Field relocated to Greenville, S.C., another city with a rich history.In Greenville, Field uncovered a random bit of information in her own back yard that led to more than a year of research and writing "When He Was Gone." Read More Read Less