Brooks Eason is the author of Travels with Bobby, a travelogue about hiking trips with his best friend; Fortunate Son, a memoir about his adoption as an infant and discovery of his birth mother’s identity when he was nearly fifty; and Bedtime with Buster, which consists entirely of conversations between him and his beloved mixed-breed dog. Fortunate Son was nominated for best nonfiction work by a Mississippi author in 2020. Eason is a mostly retired lawyer and has an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and a law degree from Duke. He grew up in Tupelo, MS, and lives in Madison, MS, with his wife Carrie, their two dogs, and a cat. He has three children and five grandchildren.