George Byron Wright was born in The Dalles, Oregon where he lived
until he migrated to three other small Oregon towns as his father
pursued the life of a mortician. Living in Baker City, Tillamook and
Roseburg endowed him with a lifelong fondness for small places.
Following a lengthy career in the not-for-profit sector, during which
time he wrote professionally, publishing books on management and board
development, George returned to his love of fiction.
In 1996 he began work on what has become his “Oregon Trio”, three novels set in the small towns of his youth. Baker City 1948 was published in 2005, followed by Tillamook 1952, and Roseburg 1959,
completing this unique body of work. While staying true to his Oregon
roots, in 2010 Wright moved into the realm of more contemporary fiction
with his fourth novel, Driving to Vernonia. He continued that trend with Newport Blues, A Salesman’s Lament, which was released in the fall of 2011.
