D. RUDD WISE was born in Dallas, Texas, a fifth generation Texan. He was raised in the oil fields and cattle country from Crane to Odessa to Forsan. He spent most of his adult life in the military,...view moreD. RUDD WISE was born in Dallas, Texas, a fifth generation Texan. He was raised in the oil fields and cattle country from Crane to Odessa to Forsan. He spent most of his adult life in the military, retiring from the Air Force in 1994. Since then, he obtained his private pilot’s license, dove on Spanish galleons off the coast of Florida, finished his first writing project Operation: Eye Witness, and has the sequel Amarilo Meriposa just finished. He and his wife, Rachel, are treasure hunters.view less