Fred Wright was born in Massachusetts and served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren. Wright graduated from college receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Education, followed by three years of graduate study at Boston University. Over the years he served as a Methodist minister and an educator in Massachusetts. In 2008, Mr. Wright published, Wings Over Vicksburg, a Civil War historical novel about the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He has just finished writing Man of Steel, the biography of Pedal Steel Guitar Texas Swing Legend, Maurice “Reece” Anderson.