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Clair Poulson

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Clair M. Poulson was born and raised in Duchesne, Utah. His father was a rancher and farmer, his mother a librarian. Clair has always been an avid reader, having found his love for books as a very young boy.

He has served for forty years in the criminal justice system. Twenty years were spent in law enforcement, ending his police career with eight years as the Duchesne County Sheriff. For the past twenty years Clair has worked as a justice court judge for Duchesne County. Clair is also a veteran of the US Army where he was a military policeman. He has served on various boards and councils during his professional career, including the Justice Court Board of Judges, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Utah Judicial Council, Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, an FBI advisory board and others.

In addition to his criminal justice work, Clair has farmed and ranched all of his life. He has raised many kinds of animals, but his greatest interest is horses.

Clair is married to Ruth, and together, they have five children, all of whom are married: Alan (Vicena) Poulson, Kelly Ann (Wade) Hatch, Amanda (Ben) Semadeni, Wade (Brooke) Poulson, and Mary (Tyler) Hicken. Between them they have twenty-five grandchildren. Clair and Ruth met while both were students at Snow College and were married in the Manti temple.

Clair has always loved telling his children, and later his grandchildren, make-up stories. His vast experience in life and his love of literature has always contributed to both his telling stories to children and his writing of adventure and suspense novels.

Clair M. Poulson
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LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Clair has served in many capacities in the LDS church, including fulltime missionary (California Mission) bishop, counselor to bishop, young men president, high councilor, stake mission president, scoutmaster, High Priest group leader, etc. He currently serves as a Sunday School teacher.
1946-11-12
Duschesne, Utah
California
Snow College
County Sheriff, court judge, author, military policeman, rancher
Male
Author
English

26 Works by Clair Poulson

Title Role Year Genre
Flight from Babel Author 1995 Novel
Samuel: Gadianton's Foe Author 1994 Novel
Samuel: Thunder in Paradise Author 1996 Novel
Samuel: Moroni's Young Warrior Author 1993 Novel
I'll Find You Author 2001 Novel
Lost and Found Author 2002 Novel
Relentless Author 2002 Novel
Point of Impact Author 1988 Fiction
Conflict of Interest Author 2003 Novel
Cover Up Author 2004 Novel
Mirror Image Author 2005 Novel
Runaway Author 2004 Novel
Blind Side Author 2006 Novel
Evidence Author 2007 Novel
Don't Cry Wolf Author 2008 Novel
Dead Wrong Author 2009 Novel
Deadline Author 2010 Novel
Vengeance Author 2011 Novel
How Will Christmas Find Us Author 2010 Fiction
Accidental Private Eye Author 2012 Fiction
Framed Author 2013 Novel
In Plain Sight Author 2014 Fiction
Falling Author 2014 Fiction
Silent Sting Author 2016 Fiction
Murder at Tophouse Author 2015 Fiction
Portrait of Lies Author 2015 Fiction
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