Ron Tew was born in Natchez, Mississippi. Following a thirty-five year career in banking, he and wife Jeanne moved aboard their sailboat, cruising for four years in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Caribbean. They now make their home in Pensacola, Florida. Tew's previous novels dealt with adventure on the high seas. The Love of Wisdom is as challenging, but without the gale force winds and big seas.