R. P. Clair is a Full Professor at Purdue University, Fellow to the Center for Artistic Endeavors, and received two Outstanding Book of the Year awards for research. She has published two prior social justice novels: Zombie Seed and the Butterfly Blues (Sense, 2013) and Blood into Water (Brill - Sense, 2021).

Buried Together is a historical novel based on the true story of Silas Beasley Jr., a conscientious objector, who protected his family following the Civil War. The family was forced to quarantine and Silas had to face the consequences of his decisions.