Gregory L. Heitmann was born in 1969. He grew up in Groton, South Dakota, playing sports, as well as hunting and fishing in the northeast part of the state. He graduated from Groton High School in 1987 and South Dakota State University in 1992. Greg has worked in the transportation field for twenty-nine years, the last seventeen years with the Federal Highway Administration as an Environmental Specialist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Greg enjoys reading a wide variety authors and genres. Some of the most influential authors in his life include: Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour, and Tony Hillerman. Greg’s writing career started with several screenplays and then moved into novels. Greg now has 15 screenplays under his belt and six published novels. For more details, see Greg’s website at: www.thegmann.com