Ron is a life long resident of upstate New York and has been intrigued all his life about other lands and the people who live there. Influenced at a young age by Tolkien and later on by Marion Zimmer Bradley and finally Kristin Hannah, he found his niche in creating stories of human drama played on a canvas of far away places such as Nepal and Brazil, among other locations. Much of his writing is based on personal experience as he has traveled extensively to the places where his novels have taken place.
When people ask him what his genre is, he says they’re a hi-brid of Adventure, Literary, Women’s fiction with a touch of Romance thrown in. Overall, he’s most interested in exploring the depths of human emotions and the choices people make when confronted with life’s challenges.
His first novel, Loving Neil is a story of Freelance Photographer, Janet Montgomery and Architect, Neil Porter’s May-December romance and life, which delves into the difficulties and sacrifices that sometimes arise in such relationships. Sometimes loving means having to let go of the things that matter most!
His second novel The Lion of Khum Jung is the story of American, Sarah Madden, her son Greg Madden and Nepalese Expedition leader, Frank Kincaid, and the unlikely bond that will form between them as history threatens to repeat itself on an Everest Expedition.
His third release, Beyond the Veil, is the story of American Anthropologist, Claire El-Badawy and New Zealand born Amazon Rainforest guide, Owen Macleod who leads her deep into the forest in search of the ‘Lost Bushman’. What she will find will both astonish and challenge her and Owen as they battle their rising feelings for each other and a ruthless cartel lieutenant.
Ronald’s fourth release, Starting Over, is the continuing story of Janet Montgomery from Loving Neil. After losing her beloved husband, she meets Andy McNamara, a retired Paramedic and Viet Nam Vet. Brought together by Janet’s son, who is a troubled returning Iraqi veteran, they team up to save him from himself. In doing so, they save themselves and find closure to an old life and a beginning to a new future.
Ron's fifth release, On My Way to You. Three years after John Patterson loses part of his leg on Everest in a rescue attempt to save a young climber near the summit, he is placed on the Annapurna Circuit. Disgruntled and angry from seeing his career being whittled away he leads a group of trekkers into the wilds of the Himalayas. One of them, Michelle Bonheur, who is there to fulfill her beloved husband's bucket list wish, will change their lives with a courageous decision.
Coming Soon will be Ron's sixth release, The Himalayan. Frank Kincaid (The Lion of Khum Jung) finds himself examining his decision to remain guiding Everest after almost losing his life on it three years ago saving a young American. From adjusting to a life of retirement to giving up living a life of solitude after Sarah Madden (The Lion of Khum Jung) shows up on his doorstep he is left to wonder what lies ahead for him until life happens and he is thrust into the Annapurna Disaster.
An active member of the Central New York Romance Writers, he is a visiting adjunct teacher at the Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse. When he’s not writing, he runs a creative and copy editing service from home.
You can find Ron on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creativeeditorforyournovel/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LionOfKhumJung
and his website: http://www.rjbagliere.com/
