E.P. Garth grew up in Ennis, Texas, a small town south of Dallas, and discovered at an early age that he loved sports.  He played little league baseball and grew up dreaming of being an Ennis Lion, and eventually played on the town's first state semifinal football team.  Garth was also a boxing fan and fought in the Golden Gloves as senior in high school.  He turned that passion for sports into a sportscasting career that lasted over four decades.

Garth's first experience with sportscasting began in the early 1970s when his boss, Richard Tuck, owner of KBEC radio in Waxahachie, Texas, told him he could broadcast any game he could sell out to advertisers.  Soon, because of his drive to broadcast as many games as possible, he turned into a 'cracker jack' sportscaster.  He would then take that talent to Brady, Texas, where he truly polished his act as an outstanding radio sportscaster.  Once he hit the Waco market in the 1980s, his talent harvested a windfall of awards including the United Press International National Radio Award for Best Documentary.

In the late 1980s, Garth reached a goal he had harbored since his early days in radio by becoming owner of KBAL radio in San Saba, Texas.  This allowed him to return to West Central Texas, an area he fell in love with during his days in Brady and Brownwood.

After spending almost twenty years in broadcasting, Garth took four and half years away from the business to fulfill another dream.  That dream came to fruition in 1996 when he graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Science in Education.  His intentions were to begin teaching right away, however, his years in radio called him back into action as the general manager of a station in Waco.  Garth then started a sports production company that produced broadcasts for area college and high school teams.  Finally, in 1999, he began his education career with Midway I.S.D. teaching 8th Grade U.S. History.  At the same time, he continued to operate his sportscasting business.  The Midway Panthers were his centerpiece of attention for most of those years between 1996 to 2005.

E.P. and his wife, Sue, now live in Jasper, Texas where they both teach.  E.P. is a history teacher, and Sue is a 4th grade language arts teacher with the Jasper Independent School District.

Garth's books, OFF THE AIR and OUT OF TOUCH: Pat Cassidy Novels, came about as a way for him to pay tribute to his early years spent growing up in Ennis and the five years he lived in Brady.  The main reason the story takes place in Fort Worth and Brownwood, is because he wanted the story to take place in larger towns. 

The main character, Pat Cassidy, is a composite of many young men he knew during that era but it is difficult not to see the similarities in his own personal experiences.  He began writing the book in the late 1990s and wrote and re-wrote until he fine-tuned the story to the way he wanted it.

Originally, Garth had never planned to publish the first book, OFF THE AIR.  He wrote the manuscript with the intention to put into words what it was like to be young during the 1970s.  Then, after moving to Toledo Bend Lake, he shared the book with good friends Travis and Summer Boyle.  Their interest in the book led him to believe it was worthy of publication.  Garth completed the manuscript and bypassed the long arduous process of trying to obtain a publisher and chose to self-publish the book.

The sequel, OUT OF TOUCH, was an easy sequel, as the characters were already established and the story flowed out of the story established in the first novel.

OFF THE AIR was the first in a series of novels chronicling the adventures of pulp fictions latest crime buster, Pat Cassidy.  The second novel, OUT OF TOUCH, now available at his book signings and through Garth's website, www.epgarthlearn.com, continues the Pat Cassidy series.  ON THE RANGE, the third novel, will be available in December of 2012.