Who is Ben Hunter? Discovering the inspiration for Nate Hawthorn

So, if you’ve read all four books in The River Series, you know who Nate Hawthorn is. If you haven’t read the books then, take heart- this is not a spoiler alert of, perhaps, the biggest twist in the entire series.

So, who is Nate Hawthorn? In short, he’s a fictional overnight radio host. But I won’t say more than that.

Now, long before I’d ever discovered Ben Hunter, I knew Nate would have to work in radio in some form or fashion. But as soon as I first read about Ben, I knew that this maver...