The author grew up in Margate City, NJ. He served in the 82nd Airborne and in 1967 he earned a Bronze Star for his efforts as a combat photographer with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. While attending UCLA he was awarded the Samuel Goldwyn Literary Award and holds a masters degree in Southeast Asian Studies. He's had modest success with self-publishing (see amazon.com) and Warriors Inc just published his novel Hook-Up. His current residence in in Southern California and he returns to Margate every summer to refresh his memories.