I'm a native Utahan, I love American history and family history. In fact, the main characters in Grudges and Grace are my wife’s fourth great-grandparents. I came across their story as I was working on making a five-generation picture chart for her family. Their daughter was the last picture on the chart that I didn’t have. In searching for her picture, I found this story. It was only a handful of paragraphs but it was so amazing I kept telling my wife that their story should be made into a movie. She told me that any great movie has a great book behind it. So I started writing. Thus, was my inspiration for writing this book.
