Keith Shurtleff is a native of Utah and a life long Latter-day Saint. He has served his country as both a Navy JAG Officer and an Army Chaplain. While in the Army he obtained an MA-T in philosophy and served as an ethics instructor. He and his wife Nina are the parents of eight children. He is the winner of the Chief of Chaplain’s Essay Award on leadership and has pubished several articles in professional journals. He is the author of two self-published books about the LDS faith, including Whited Tombs, and God, Our Eternal Father. Upon retirement from the Army he and his family plan on moving to Far West.