Welcome to Smoke's Library

Shane Witcher, a native Texan, lives with his wife, Beverly, in their lifelong home of historical Bastrop. A retired Sergeant First Class, Witcher served as a mortarman in the United States Marine Corps and later as an infantryman and artilleryman in the United States Army. He is a combat veteran with deployments to Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

A lifelong bibliophile, Witcher has a particular passion for Texas history, the Texas War for Independence, and America's Manifest Destiny. Retirement has allowed him to pursue his love of writing, crafting stories about this great state and the remarkable men and women who, against all odds, settled and continue to shape its vast frontier. In his free time, he is an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman.