About The Author
Lareida Buckley
Lareida Buckley, author of the debut novel Stories From the Sheriff’s Daughter, presents a compelling narrative shaped by her distinctive upbringing across the carport from a Texas jail. Drawing on real life interactions with prisoners, law enforcement, and the local political landscape. Buckley’s fiction captures the complexities and textures of small town life through a deeply personal lens.
Raised in a household where both her father and mother served as county sheriffs, Buckley’s background informs the novel’s authentic portrayal of characters and events. The book’s coming of age story unfolds with vivid imagery and a cast of personalities that bring to life a multifaceted view of justice and community in 20th century Texas.
Buckley is an accomplished graduate of Texas A&M where she earned honors, and later attended the University of Hawaii Graduate School of Library Science. Having lived on Hawaii’s Big Island for nearly 5 decades, she brings a broad cultural perspective to her writing, enriching her storytelling with both regional insight and universal themes.