Aragón’s career as a writer began in high school when he wrote articles published in local publications around the state, such as the Las Vegas Optic.

He also began competing in writing competitions around this time.

When Aragón began attending college at the University of Albuquerque, he had already developed a love for writing, but began looking critically at the texts he was assigned to read for class.

“When I was a student at the university, I read ‘Death Comes for the Archbishop’ in English class,” he said. “When I read that, I was incensed at what this writer said because it contradicted everything I had heard.”

He began delving into the history behind the book, eventually publishing his first book, “Padre Martinez and Bishop Lamy,” in 1978 which contradicted the portrait painted by Willa Cather of the two individuals at the center of her novel.

“When you are a historian, you wind up coming across selective history,” Aragón said. “Many historians write selective history. They write about what they would like people to know, so they leave a lot of information out.”

Aragón dedicates his books to telling the real story about what happened, focusing on primary sources, such as letters and newspapers written during the time period he is studying.

“I found out there was a great deal of misinformation and fallacious history that actually didn’t happen,” Aragón said. “You read that in any history because of bias, racism, prejudice, it…