BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. 08/18/1938, SPENT MY FIRST TWELVE YEARS LIVING INNORTH PHILLY HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY TO SCHOOL AND BACK. WENT TO CATHOLICSCHOOL ALL TWELVE YEARS. MOVED TO A MORE UPSCALE SECTION OF THE CITYGERMANTOWN JOINED "THE DOG TOWN BOYS" A STREET GANG. MY FAMILY MOVED TOUPSTATE PA. WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN THEY BOUGHT A RESTAURANT AND MOTEL. ATEIGHTEEN I TRAVELED TO NIAGRA FALLS AND WENT TO WORK ON THE AMERICAN /CANADIAN HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM PROJECT. AT TWENTY TRAVELED TO LA, CA WORKEDIN CONSTRUCTION TOOK A FEW CLASSES IN BASIC ENGINEERING. SPENT TIME INMEXICOON BAJA, FAILED TO TELL THE DRAFT BOARD WHERE I WAS LIVING. WHEN IRETURNED TO PA. MY FRIEND MONK CALLED AND ALERTED ME THAT THE FBI WASLOOKING FOR ME AS A DRAFT DODGER. I IMMEDIATELY RE-REGISTERED WITH THEDRAFT BOARD, DRAFTED IN LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS. AFTER BASIC WAS AWARDED ASECRET CLEARANCE AND SHIPPED TO EUROPE. WAS IN THE MILITARY FROM 1961 T01965. WENT TO PENN STATE WITHTHE GI BILL DEGREE IN ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS AND STUDIED WEAPONS GRADUATED ANDWENT TO WORK FOR A LARGE CONSTRUCTION CO. IN PITTSBURG, PA. TRAVELED MOSTOF THE TIME TO MISSOURI, TEXAS, MA., NY., ALSO SPENT TIME IN CANADA. AFTER FIVEYEARS WAS OFFERED A GENERAL MANAGERS POSITION TO RUN A MECHANICAL CO . INPITTSBURGH, PA., AFTER FIVE YEARS THE STEEL PLANTS CLOSED, AND MOVED TO CT. ANDSTARTED A MECHANICAL CO. LICENSED IN THREE STATES, SOLD THE CO. SEVEN YEARSAGO AND SEMI-RETIRED. STILL DO ESTIMATE, SALES, AND NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS. STARTED WRITING IN 1996, AND NOW I CAN'T QUIT, ALL I WANT TO DO IS WRITE.