Captain Lawrence S. Wigley, USN (Retired) graduated from the United States Naval Academy Class of 1955 and retired from the Naval Service in 1984.

      Most of his twenty nine years of active duty was associated with the Submarine Force having served on board two diesel electric and four nuclear powered-powered submarines. He had command of a fast attack nuclear submarine for over four years, command of the submarine repair tender stationed in the Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland, and command of the commissioning and operation of the Submarone Base in Bangor, Washington.

      Other assignments included Deputy Squadron Commander of a nuclear attack submarine squadron, on the staff of Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, a student and then on the staff at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. This background provided the knowledge and insight to capture all the details necessary to write a best seller.