Sid Balman Jr.

About The Author

Sid Balman Jr. is a Pulitzer-nominated national security correspondent and awarded author who has covered wars in the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo, and has traveled extensively with two American presidents and four secretaries of state on overseas diplomatic missions. He has received numerous awards for the best-selling novels in his Seventh Flag Trilogy. He is currently a Writer In Residence at Sul Ross State University, as well as a working journalist and magazine contributor. A fourth-generation Texan, Balman lives in Alpine, Texas, and has two children and a dog.

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Books by Sid Balman Jr.

The Mural

A Novel

By Sid Balman Jr.

Based on the murder of nineteen children and two teachers in the Robb Elementary School shooting, The Mural explores themes of violent radicalism, generational trauma, cancel culture, and the healing power of art through the experiences of a muralist and his lover.

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