Renowned author Rick Haggard is a native of Charlottesville, Virginia, where most of his masterpiece, Love Blind: Tales of a Footloose Man is set. Following his graduation from the University of Virginia in 1974, he was honored to be part of the Charlottesville music scene during the mid-1970s. This background also serves as the setting for his literary work, Love Blind: Tales of a Footloose Man.