Charles W. Sasser┬аhas been a full-time freelance writer, journalist, and photographer since 1979. He is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy (journalist) and U.S. Army (Special Forces, the Green Berets), a combat veteran, and former combat correspondent wounded in action. He also served fourteen years as a police officer (in Miami, Florida, and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was a homicide detective). He is author, co-author, or contributing author of more than thirty books and novels, including┬аOne Shot-One Kill┬аand┬аHill 488. Sasser now lives on a ranch in Chouteau, Oklahoma, with his wife Donna.