Terry P. Rizzuti was born in Oklahoma and raised in up-state New York. He graduated with an English Literature degree from the University of Oklahoma and did two years of graduate-level study. He is a life member of The American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, The Disabled American Veterans, and Khe Sanh Veterans, Inc. Currently, Rizzuti is a writer living in Estes Park, Colorado. His short stories and articles have been published in several print and on-line journals. His other novels include The Second Tour and The Life and Times of Bubba Lee Boatbum, co-written with R. E. Armstrong.