About the author

Jeff Sellers writes from the place he knows.

Jeff was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and has never lived outside the northeastern part of the state. He graduated from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah and writes about the country he grew up in.

His new book, The State That Almost Was, follows the people and places of eastern Oklahoma and Indian Territory. It treats family stories as stories and looks to the historical record when making factual claims.