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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About The Author

J.P RIGDON

“It is better to try and climb the mountain than always swim with the fish.”
JP Rigdon is the author of a debut crime-fiction novel and the opening volume of a planned trilogy that melds literary ambition with genre propulsion. An editorial review called the work “ambitious, literary genre fiction – a blend of mythic fantasy, crime procedural, and archaeological horror,” praising its “rich, controlled, and atmospheric prose, unusual and persuasive world building, and a ritual logic that renders both intimate and civic stakes palpable from the opening chapters.”

Rigdon’s fiction grows out of a lifelong curiosity about history, belief, and place. He holds an undergraduate degree in history and a master’s in education; these academic foundations shape his research-driven approach to the plot and characters and inform his interest in how cultural systems – ritual, law, and lore – both bind communities and conceal their fractures. The result is work that moves confidently between procedural scrutiny and mythic scope, pairing painstakingly rendered investigative detail with larger questions about legacy, violence, and the stories societies tell themselves.

A seasoned traveler, Rigdon has worked and wandered in many corners of the world, and those journeys feed his sense of setting and cultural specificity. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and a houseful of fur babies; he and his dogs are frequent companions on long wilderness hikes, and he and his wife share a love of immersive cultural travel. They are parents of three grown children, and Rigdon credits his family and extensive travels with sharpening the emotional and ethical stakes of his fiction.

This novel marks the beginning of a trilogy that will continue to explore the intersection of crime, ritual, and the uncanny.
For news, events, and contact: jprigdonbooks.com.
Email: token.murders@gmail.com