Roland Keller was born in New York City and later moved to the Catskill Mountains, where he still resides with his wife, Patricia. He is the author of Pardee Holler: An Easy Taylor Mystery, also published by SUNY Press, and has been the editor of PKA's Advocate, a literary publication, for nearly three decades. Together, he and his wife raise Paso Fino horses.
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