LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - East Texas author and native James Wade likes to set his books in the same region where he grew up.

“I can’t get away from East Texas, I can’t. All of my stories keep taking me back there. and I think it’s because it was just such a special place to me growing up,” he said.

Wade, who grew up just outside Lufkin, is the youngest novelist to win two Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, and the recipient of the MPIBA’s prestigious Reading the West Award, according to his biography. He is a four-time finalist for the Austin Chronicle’s Best Writer in Austin award, and his work has appeared in Texas Highways, Writers’ Digest and numerous additional publications.

He is currently on tour to promote his fifth book “Narrow the Road,” which is described as a com

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