Larry ‘Animal’ Garner is a local author, long time SLV resident and a man of many talents. In this podcast, we sit down with Larry to discuss such things as growing up here, his latest book, the paranormal, his views on meth and a whole lot more.
Larry Garner is a Colorado native, and has traveled the United States extensively, much of it on the back of a motorcycle. He is a US Navy veteran (the source of his nickname), having spent six years serving the country he loves.
A natural story-teller, Larry was called upon at gatherings and in barrooms to regale his compatriots with tales about his and his cohorts’ exploits. Many over the years suggested writing these stories down, but Larry resisted, mostly fearing that having written documentation would cause many people incarceration, retribution, and divorce.
The writing idea nagged at him, though. He finally started writing seriously after a serious knee injury and subsequent knee replacement surgery kept him at home for an extended period of time. Fiction seemed like a likely forum, using characters, locations, and incidents from his past as fodder for a fictional story with lots of action, some violence, drugs, alcohol, motorcycles, hot rods, and women.
D-E-D, DEAD was the first novel’s title, and it was a finalist in the prestigious Colorado Book Awards in 2013 in the Crime/Mystery category. Having written, published, and distributed copies to readers, libraries, and book stores, Larry decided to write another novel, completely different from the first. But the readers were asking for more…they wanted to know what was next for the characters from the first novel.A sequel was decided upon.
Ded Reckoning: Vengeance Takes a Road Trip was the second novel in what is now the “Hammer” series of action crime novels. It was a finalist in the Colorado Book Awards in 2017 in the Thriller category.
Danger Every Direction is the third novel in the “Hammer” series, and was published in mid-November of 2021. It is once again set in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
Larry’s books are available locally in the San Luis Valley at The Comm Shack in Monte Vista and the Narrow Gauge Book Co-Op in Alamosa.
Contact Information:
- Website
- Good Reads
- Phone
- Company: Two Fingers and a Thumb Enterprises
- Address: P.O. Box 535, Hooper, CO 81136
- Hours: 8am to 6pm.
Pictures are courtesy of Larry Garner, used by permission. Open/Close audio by L. Roy Aiken. Music by Don Richmond, used by permission.
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