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Kirby was born into a military family.
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Dark Angel
(This is the exciting coming-of-age story of an 11-12 year...)
This is the exciting coming-of-age story of an 11-12 year old girl in the years soon after the Civil War. She's all tomboy and wonder -- wonder about becoming a woman, as her older sister is already. She is the colorfully outspoken daughter of a Mormon Bishop in 1869 Utah Territory. Everything around her cannot escape her critical eye and mouth. She is a typical child, girl or boy, at the brink of adulthood. Her life is changed forever when a stranger, a man no one seems to know, saves her and her older sister from the unwanted attentions of several lecherous army deserters (and Mormon haters) by killing them before too much harm comes to the girls. This novel is rough and fast and funny as only Robert Kirby can write it. This is a book about Mormons, by a Mormon, but not exclusively for Mormons. If it was a movie it would be rated PG or a soft PG-13 due to some language and a situation or two. A great read! 15 out of 17 Amazon readers agree! You will too!
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Robert Kirby
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Upon his return he pursued a career in law enforcement. His first work as a policeman was with the Grantsville Police Department and later Springville, Utah police department (1979). While taking night classes at nearby Brigham Young University Kirby began writing columns for the local newspapers, first the Springville Daily Herald, and later the Utah County Journal (writing under the pen name Officer "Blitz" Kreeg).
In 1989 Kirby decided to leave police work and devote himself to full-time writing.
He has written a column for the Salt Lake Tribune since 1994, and has written at least nine books Kirby is a popular convention speaker, and travels widely to appear at conventions and meetings
Samples of his newspaper column humor are widely available online. Since most of the SL Tribune"s readership is non-Latter- Day Saints (Mormons), Kirby attempts to explain (usually in a humorous way) the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) way of thinking to outsiders.
He refers to himself as an "OxyMormon".
This approach either alienates those Latter-day Saints who feel their beliefs should not be satirized, or endears itself to the reader. Despite this discordant reception, Kirby has never faced church discipline and has even been quoted favorably in Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) General Conference. Kirby presently (2009) lives in Herriman, Utah.
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Dark Angel
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