Hi! I am Wilbur Arron, or at least the man behind Wilbur Arron. My namesake is a pseudonym that I use so I do not tick off former friends, enemies, colleagues, and other less savory people I have known during my career and who appear in my books in one form or another. I also use a pseudonym because I want people to judge my work on what they read, not on me as a person. Who am I really? I am a retired Professional Engineer that has worked throughout the country over the last 40 years. I am a widower in my late 60s. One of the few good things about becoming an old fart is that I have lived through the 50s, 60, 70s, 80, and so forth. I have seen with my own eyes our progress (or lack of) in space, computers, astrophysics, medicine, engineering, and other areas that we now take for granted. I do not want this to become a 'back in the good old days' rant, but things have changed to an unbelievable extent just in my lifetime. I started out doing calculations on my Pickett slide rule, using an IBM 360 with Fortran-4, and something experimental we called the Arpanet. Now I have a supercomputer on my desk, I got no clue how to program it, and I access almost anything on the planet using the Internet. I started my life paying a dime to make a phone call in a phone booth when I went out. Now I have a smartphone through which anyone on the planet is about 15 seconds away. I hope you get where I am coming from. Besides science and technology, another great interest of mine is history, particularly ancient history. I always wanted to know where the principles of science and engineering were discovered and utilized for the first time. This has led me mostly to Gecro-Roman history from about 1500 BCE to 500 AD. Many of the construction techniques we use today actually came from our distant ancestors. Example: Did you know the Romans built with reinforced concrete? Over my life, I have discovered if you do not know where you came from, you will have great difficulty in understanding where you are now, and you will have no idea of what is likely to come in the future. History is our anchor that holds us steady in the whirling stream of current events. One of my great joys is in giving talks on the history of science and the use of technology throughout the ages. I am a life long fan of Fantasy and Science Fiction since the 1960s. I feel I have lived to see science fiction become fact. Over the years I have met many of the authors of this period both in science fiction and history. I was always interested in writing but never had the time or opportunity in a busy career to do it properly. Now in retirement, I have the time to dedicate to this new career. Writing allows me to combine my love of science, technology, and ancient history. The Forest of Allund is the first major work of my own fiction, although I have written many short stories that can be found in several of the short story and fan fiction websites. Besides writing, I like reading. I have been to many wordcons and other conventions going back to the 1980s. I am also interested in strategic studies. Please check out my web page at www.wilburarron.com. My blog is also there where I have been putting tib bits on Ancient Greece whenever I find time to update it. You can also send me comments from my webpage. I love to hear from you. Thanks WA