Ron Leininger bases his writing on first-hand knowledge and personal experience, embellishing it with innovative imagination. His novels are both informative and entertaining. Leininger grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southeast Florida. During the Cold War, he served in the US Army in Europe. He later entered the insurance and financial services profession, and earned professional degrees at American College in Bryn Mawr. He learned mountain climbing in the German and Swiss Alps, and became an experienced high altitude backpacker with trail time in California's High Sierras and sections of...