Richard began writ­ing while liv­ing in the Pacif­ic North­west with his wife, Car­olynn — this sum­mer they moved to Dal­las , TX. They are the proud par­ents of three won­der­ful adult sons. Richard is a 101st Air­borne Divi­sion Viet­nam vet­er­an. After an edu­ca­tion in Math­e­mat­ics, a 17-year career in man­u­fac­tur­ing engi­neer­ing, and a 22-year career in soft­ware engi­neer­ing, Richard has start­ed a career as an author.