Steven Spetz

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Steven N. Spetz was born December 12, 1940, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated as a political science major from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. He was first in his ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) class and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Regular Army-Artillery. He served in Italy and Germany from 1962 to 1966, then in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division as the fire support officer of an infantry battalion, and he has received many decorations from his military service. In 1968, he resigned his commission as a captain and immigrated to Canada, where he pursued his writing career while teaching business education and social studies at MacArthur College of Education in Ontario. He and his wife, Glenda, have coauthored twenty-three books, including three previous novels. They currently reside in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with their two sons.