ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

 

 

 

"My wife accuses me of exaggerating. I think that I expand - a little. One could even say that I tend to expound - occasionally. But exaggerate? Respectfully I submit, that may be something of an exaggeration - always!"  So writes C. Edward Samuels on his writing.  The “C” in the nom-de-guerre stands for Colonel, “E” for Edward, the author’s adopted father, and “Samuel” is for the two Samuels the author admires most, his real father and his brother.

The author is 68 years old, married to a lovely Sicilian lady. Together, they have seven marvelous children, thirteen beautiful and talented grandchildren and one recent addition – a great grandchild.  In an action-filled professional life, he served the United States Coast Guard as a Special Agent, was a police officer and deputy sheriff and retired as Chief of Police for a large federal agency. He was a certified polygraph examiner and tested for national intelligence organizations. In a thirty year career he gained a realistic viewpoint of our criminal justice system.  The author is also a certified PADI Master Instructor and ITC Director emeritus.
He earned a BS and an MS in psychology.