D. Larry Patterson is a retired US Air Force Colonel and former DoD Management Consultant. Originally from Mission Hills, Kansas (a suburb of Kansas City, Mo.), he is a long-time resident of Fort Worth, where he lives with his wife Carol and several pampered pussycats. He has published fourteen novels, several collections of short stories and novellas, a collection of “Pulp” Poetry, and several children’s and non-fiction books. As an experienced freelance writer and photographer, he contributed numerous feature articles and photographs to a wide variety of national and international publications. He and Carol divide their time between Fort Worth, the Colorado Rockies and Ozark Mountains in Northwest Arkansas.