Lorenzo Giangrande is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a US Merchant Marine Engineering License and a Master’s Certificate for the Great Lakes. He graduated with honors from Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Community College, earning an Associate of Arts in Marketing. Mr. Giangrande is a proud veteran of the USN nuclear submarine service, having served in the engine room aboard the USS Stonewall Jackson and other vessels. He currently writes fiction at home and in his off-duty hours while serving as an officer in the engineering department of any of several vessels operated by the Oglebay-Norton Company, owners of one of the largest fleets of bulk carriers on the Great Lakes. With his wife, Jeannette, Mr. Giangrande makes his home on a rural farm near Fort Wayne, Indiana.