Cheney resident's novel hits the bookshelves

A local Cheney resident and Eastern Washington University alumnus officially has a novel, “Joyride,” published for all to read. The author, Travis Laurence Naught, moved to Cheney in 2001 and has lived here ever since. He completed graduate work in sports psychology in 2007 at EWU and was also involved with the university’s men’s basketball team for 10 years.

Naught has been through some obstacles along the way, being diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy as an infant, which has led him to be a quadriplegic wheelchair user. Writing has helped Naught with maintaining a sense of purpose for him...