๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป is a native Texan who served in the United States Army for 31 years. During his time in the army, he lived in Germany for nine years. Living in Germany gave him a unique perspective of Germany and its culture. The army would take ๐๐ฎ๐ป to unique places that would span across the globe. He has incorporated his experiences and observations into spinning a yarn that encompasses ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ท๐ฎ.
๐๐ฎ๐ป has captivated readers with his ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ท๐ฎ series, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ง, and ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ. ๐๐ฎ๐ป lives by the mantra, โI am just an old soldier who relishes writing about the complexities of life.โ
๐๐ฎ๐ป accolades are quite extensive. He has won numerous awards for writing. These awards range from four collegiate awards in journalism from ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐ง๐๐ฃ๐) to countless literary awards from various organizations. ๐๐ฎ๐ปโs ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ง has won nine literary awards and ๐๐ฎ๐ปโs ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ has won three. He has received awards from ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ง๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, and ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐.
