Joshua's Ladder

Joshua's Ladder follows Joshua Miller from depths of despair to heights of love; from South Dakota to Florida. Along the way Joshua's love for the woman he saved from drowning is unquestionable, friendships he made unflappable, but his demons unmoveable. Joshua's trip up and down life's ladder is filled with love, humor and tears - much like ours. Can he handle it better than we do? Or worse?

A fifth-generation South Dakotan, Haugen is a recovering journalist living in the Black Hills of South Dakota with his wife and two dogs: Huckleberry and Finn.
Haugen is a former newspaper reporter, editor, sportswriter, publisher and award-winning columnist. He has lived throughout South Dakota - in Montrose, Canton, Sioux Falls and Valley Springs. He's worked at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Tri-State Neighbor and owned the Tea & Harisburg Champion newspaper in Tea. In addition to several free-lance writing gigs, he also had brief forays across state lines and worked at newspapers in Windom and Luverne, Minn., and Rock Valley, Iowa. Haugen is also an avid runner and gardener.