<p>TR Pearson is the author of seventeen novels and four works of non-fiction, including <em>A Short History of a Small Place, Cry Me A River, Jerusalem Gap</em>, and<em> Seaworthy</em>. He has written three additional novels -- <em>Ranchero, Beluga</em>, and <em>Nowhere Nice</em> -- under the pseudonym Rick Gavin.</p>