Charles R RatliffCharles R. Ratliff is a former award-winning journalist and teacher from Arizona and Indiana. He currently teaches middle school Language Arts at Knox Community Middle School, and has taught in Indiana for 12 years. As a teacher in Arizona, Mr. Ratlif was a 2004 Mohave County Teacher of the Year, and a 2005 Educator of the Year finalist for the Laughlin, Nevada Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Awards. Prior to becoming a teacher, Mr. Ratliff worked as a reporter and editor for several Arizona publications, including The Tombstone Epitaph, San Manuel Miner, and The Mohave Valley Daily News. Mr. Ratliff has earned awards in nearly every category of writing. He currently resides at Bass Lake with his wife Elizabeth, and daughter, Rebecca. Read More Read Less