Laurence E. Rutt was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada. He currently resides in Manitoba’s beautiful Interlake district within the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. He recently retired from military service after 43 years with the Regular and Reserve elements of the Canadian Forces. He currently resides with his Lady, two cats and two dogs. Laurence is an avid reader and enjoys the untamed vastness of western Canada, enjoys traveling and the odd drop of good scotch whiskey as well as commiserating with friends and family. He belongs to both the Lake Winnipeg Writers Group and the Manitoba Writers’ Guild. He is an avid supporter of local community endeavours and the Canadian military support network for all branches of the Canadian military services.