Genre News Name Rusty Shoop | Role Novelist Books Blood Harvest | |
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Occupation Author, Television Broadcaster | ||
Rusty Shoop, born in Dallas, Texas, is a retired meteorologist for American TV station KERO-TV.
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He is married with four adult children and seven grandchildren.
As of February 25, 2008, he is also a novelist with the publishing of Blood Harvest ISBN 9781604744781.
Career
Rusty Shoop joined the United States Air Force, ending up in Northern California after his four-year tour of duty. At Humboldt State University he became the weatherman at KIEM-TV in Eureka, California, where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.
Rusty came to Bakersfield, California in 1984. He became weatherman and worked with anchorman Burleigh Smith on KERO-TV.
In addition to television, Rusty has worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive.
On January 5 of 2007, Rusty suffered a brain aneurysm. He put his television career on hold while recovering. During this time he polished a novel he had written 9 years prior, and published it February 25, 2008. Blood Harvest ISBN 9781604744781 is about a fictitious news anchorman who investigates a murder.
Aneurysm
After suffering an intense headache for two days, Rusty’s wife insisted he see a doctor. Dr. Luis Cousin sent him to the hospital immediately. Testing revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured. Neuro-surgeon Dr. Mahmoud Rashidi performed surgery within a few hours of Rusty’s arrival at the hospital.
Rusty is enthusiastic about sharing this life changing event; his doctor told him that only about 30% of aneurysm victims survive without life altering problems or even death. Rusty believes there is a divine purpose to his survival and good recovery. His “brain attack” convinced him that...