Edward M. Vaughn, Ph.D. enlisted in the United States Army as a Private and retired as an Infantry Colonel. He served in Germany, Alaska, Korea, and saw intensive combat in Viet Nam where he was awarded the Silver Star and many other decorations. for Valor. He served in the Army's Special Forces, the 82nd Airborne Division, and a final tour in the Pentagon.Ed completed his undergraduated studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and graduate studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington. His civilian career included service as a VP of Bache & Co. on Wall Street; Senior VP of The Home Shopping Network in St. Petsburg, Florida, and Executive VP of The Marlin Group in Kissimmee, Florida. He also served as an adjunct university professor in Florida, and currently serves as a licensed professional counselor at the Raintree Clinic in Fayetteville, NC.His previous published works inlcude the Tybee Series, consisting of six suspense and romantic novels: Tybee, The Abduction, For the Love of Money; Why the Little Children? Island Terror, and Pretty Little Princess.After returning to his ancestral home town of Fayetteville, North Carolina in 2004, he began The Cumberland County Series, consisting of The Evil That Men Do, The Forgiven, Tangled Webs, Paths of Glory, and A Bite of the Apple. He is the proud father of five wonderful children.