It’s plain and simple: Brody Young should not be alive. Ambushed and left for dead in the desert, he found a way to survive, live, and thrive – even with four slugs and a lot of shrapnel still in his body. Since healing from his nine gunshot wounds, Young has returned to serving as a park ranger with the rank of lieutenant in Utah. Now affiliated with the Washington Speakers Bureau, he gives motivational talks about his inspiring, incredible story of survival. Young resides in Moab, Utah with his wife and three children. Nine Miracles is his first book.

Austin Murphy is an author and journalist who wrote for Sports Illustrated for 33 years. He is now a reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, California. Murphy has written or co-authored seven books.