Tom Ruck is a Pittsburgh native where he was educated. He is a graduate of South Hills Catholic High School (Seton-La Salle), and a graduate of Duquesne University’s School of Business and Administration. After leaving Pittsburgh in 1986, he spent twenty three years living and working in the DC area. He now lives, writes, reads, runs, golfs, bikes, and swims, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.