{"id":260,"date":"2018-06-19T06:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T06:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/artist-04\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2019-06-28T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:27:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"260\" class=\"elementor elementor-260\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71062447 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71062447\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4161887f\" data-id=\"4161887f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3df7297d\" data-id=\"3df7297d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c542864 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c542864\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56d83832\" data-id=\"56d83832\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cf1a337 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cf1a337\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38cbc027\" data-id=\"38cbc027\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c9fc6e elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45c9fc6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Robert D. McKee has held\u00a0 a number of jobs, including four years in the U.S. Navy, warehouse worker, radio announcer, disc jockey (in the fun days of AM Rock), court reporter, and municipal court judge.<\/p><p>His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty commercial and literary publications. He is a recipient of a Wyoming Art Council&#8217;s Literary Fellowship, a three-time first-place winner of Wyoming Writers\u2019 adult fiction contest, and a two-time first-place winner of the National Writers Association&#8217;s short fiction contest. One of his stories was selected to appear in the prestigious publication, <i>Best American Mystery Stories<\/i>. He currently has a short story in <i>Contention<\/i>, a Five Star-Cengage anthology of Frontier Fiction. He is also the prize-winning author of five\u00a0 Western novels: <i>Dakota Trails,<\/i> <i>Killing Blood,<\/i> <i>Out of the Darkness<\/i>, <i>Gypsy Rock<\/i>, and the upcoming <i>Reckoning at Lost Hope.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a8efc7d\" data-id=\"2a8efc7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ce065a6\" data-id=\"7ce065a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c92a8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29c92a8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/robert-d-mckee-3-19-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-461\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/robert-d-mckee-3-19-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/robert-d-mckee-3-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/robert-d-mckee-3-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/robert-d-mckee-3-19.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56c068a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56c068a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49f591e2\" data-id=\"49f591e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72e0a460\" data-id=\"72e0a460\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c23f398 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c23f398\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50bf10b7\" data-id=\"50bf10b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97efe86\" data-id=\"97efe86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert D. 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