Timothy Capps began his legal career as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps during Operation Desert Storm, where he led a colorful career throughout the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. His dogged defense of military clients got him thrown off of one ship and out of an entire country - fortunately, not the U.S. (He considers these his most well-deserved military awards). Before the Navy he served in the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) division as an Arabic linguist. After the Navy, Capps spent a few years as first a public defender, then a prosecutor. He then began a private criminal defense practice that established his expertise in death penalty cases. When the death penalty was abolished in Illinois in 2011, Capps received one of the pens used by the Governor to sign the bill into law. None of his eligible clients received the death penalty. He retired and began a dubious blog as St. Corbinian's Bear and finished his first novel, Judging Angels. Capps draws upon various life experiences and interests for his writing, but in Judging Angels, he puts his insider's knowledge of criminal defense to work in a novel that is not so much a legal drama, but a story about ordinary people making horrible choices under the worst temptations imaginable. The kind that involve guns and beautiful redheads, for readers who are not as interested in moral choices. Capps is a second-generation writer, following his mother who had a novel and a collection of humorous essays published. Capps lives in southern Illinois on a small goat farm with his wife of many years, Kathryn, near his four children. His Yorkie, Buster, keeps anything he perceives as a threat at bay by barking at them day and night. His favorite goat is Panda, whom he sometimes sneaks into the house to watch quality television.