{"id":157,"date":"2025-07-09T19:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2025-09-15T23:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:40:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"157\" class=\"elementor elementor-157\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c9c83e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c9c83e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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His prose, unflinching yet darkly lyrical, crackles with the tension of 1985&#8217;s fading innocence, where picket fences guard simmering rage and fireworks wait in damp basements. Born of working-class roots, Sierra excavates adolescence with raw authenticity. His characters, David&#8217;s defiant slacker spirit, Nick&#8217;s quiet grit, Willie&#8217;s coiled menace, feel less invented than\u00a0unearthed. He crafts suburbia as both sanctuary and battleground, where a stolen loaf of bread or a neighbor&#8217;s glare can detonate a life. Though guarded about his private life, Sierra&#8217;s narrative voice suggests intimate knowledge of rust-belt towns, the scent of Vicks VapoRub, and German Shepherds with loyal eyes. His dialogue snaps with teenage bravado; his landscapes breathe with decaying sheds and sweat-soaked baseball fields. Sierra currently resides in the Midwest, where he avoids the spotlight but crafts stories that blaze.\u00a0Fourteen Days\u00a0is his debut novel; a love letter and a warning to every boy who thought he had time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d215cfa\" data-id=\"d215cfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68681ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68681ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-747x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-403\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-747x1024.png 747w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image-768x1052.png 768w, https:\/\/raymondsierra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Raymond-Sierra-Professional-Image.png 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us About The Author Raymond Sierra Raymond Sierra writes with the visceral clarity of someone who knows dust on baseball bats and the weight of brotherly shadows. 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