Richard Chiappone’s memoir, Liar’s Code, Growing Up Fishing is full of warm, funny, and memorable musings on a life spent fishing. Concerning Liar's Code, author E. Donnall Thomas Jr. (Redfish, Bluefish, Ladyfish, Snook) states, "Rich Chiappone has accomplished a goal even more challenging than landing a permit on a fly: the creation of a classic.” An accomplished writer, Richard Chiappone is a two-time recipient of the Robert Traver Award and author of Opening Days, a collection of essays, stories and poems, and the short story collection Water of an Undetermined Depth. His writing has appeared in Alaska Magazine, Playboy, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and The Sun; and in literary journals including Crescent Review, Missouri Review, and ZYZZYVA. Richard Chiappone teaches writing in the UAA Master of Fine Arts Program and serves on the faculty of the annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. His home is in Homer, Alaksa where he lives with his wife and cats.