User:RMussler/Twisted Texan

The Twisted Texan is a fictional character created by native Texas author Rich Mussler (born Sinton, TX 1953). The popular straight-talking DEA agent appears in several books, the first published in 2004, including both short stories and novels.

History of the Twisted Texan
The fictional US Drug Enforcement Administration agent named Fritz Hauser, who later becomes known as the Twisted Texan, begins in the east Texas piney-woods town of Tyler, Texas. In several stories he is depicted in his formative years, which includes stealing cars and evading cops as a fourteen-year-old, riding horses at his boyhood home, a Texas ranch, and playing high school football on a team that loses every game except one, when the Coach earns a victory by enlisting the help of a girl (illegally) who can "throw the long ball." The DEA agent is also depicted at various stages of his career, including two years in Colombia in the turbulent 1980s. . In Colombia he attempts to rescue hostages during the siege of the Palace of Justice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Justice_siege). The laconic Texan builds a reputation for "getting the job done," regardless of daunting challenges and sometimes by bending rules. Many of the stories, including the original short story in which the character first appeared, in Twisted Texan and other stories, 2004,, focus on illicit drug importation and the DEA's dilligent attempt to disrupt drug trafficking in the United States.

--RMussler (talk) 19:25, 10 July 2009 (UTC)