LawDog was born on the island of Malta to an oil engineer and a teacher -- both Americans. He was raised in Africa and the Middle East, before being dragged kicking and screaming to the United States.He has been a soldier, an EMT, a short order cook, the world's worst rodeo clown, and recently retired from law enforcement in Texas.When not Standing Out Front and Looking Pretty for his publishing house, he can be found in North Texas, usually staring perplexedly at a blinking cursor on a blank screen; in the company of a very patient lady and two fur children.