Richard Skorupski - Author

Writing nice stories about nice people

Richard Skorupski

Richard Skorupski

Richard Skorupski spent twenty-one years in U.S. Navy aviation before trading jet fuel and salt air for the quiet fields of South Dakota. After a second career in the pleasure boating business, he and his wife, Cheryl, settled into the calm of Spink County—where Richard discovered the stories he was meant to tell.

He has since written ten novels celebrating the people, values, and quiet strength of rural America. His stories follow ordinary folks facing life’s troubles with faith, heart, and a stubborn determination to see things through.

Richard writes warm, easygoing, hopeful fiction—nice stories about nice people, rooted in the land he now calls home.

Books

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Kim’s Journey

A Cozy Small-Town Christian Fiction

Kim had it all—a thriving wedding planning business and a seemingly perfect life with her live-in boyfriend. But when he unexpectedly leaves, taking everything with him, Kim is left reeling. Stripped of her savings and her sense of security, her world crumbles further as mistakes unravel her business reputation.
With only a thousand dollars to...

Becoming One: A Historical Second Chance Romance (Flyover County)

In the year 1930, Delia has lost her husband and is on the brink of losing her farm. To make matters worse, she may have to give her only son to her sister for upbringing. Peter, who has been hit hard by the death of his wife, is looking for ways to support his two daughters. Unfortunately, the stock market crash has caused the tire plant where...

Amber Waves: A Flyover County Novel

It’s 1977 (The year of the first Star Wars movie)

Karen has a goal. To break into the boy’s club and take over her father’s custom harvesting business. She’s taking a year off before entering college to work one full wheat harvest circuit.

Roger has a goal. Work hard, save his money, and buy enough cropland to retire and live off the rent. He...

Series

Tom and Sarah: The Beginning - A Small Town Family Saga (Flyover County Book 1)
Flyover County
The Fred Weber Story: A Flyover County Novel

The Flyover County Series

Real people. Real problems. Real hope.

This three-book arc—Tom and Sarah: The Beginning, Flyover County, and The Fred Weber Story—traces the lives of everyday people finding fresh starts, unexpected friendships, and the kind of neighborly support that makes small towns...