Walker Buckalew completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University, where he was a midshipman in the university's NROTC program. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy, and completed his active-duty commitment on board the USS Constellation, a Seventh Fleet attack aircraft carrier, with home port in San Diego and secondary ports in Pearl Harbor and Yokosuka, Japan.Following his military service, Buckalew embarked upon a career in education. With graduate degrees from the University of Wyoming, he taught at St. Lawrence University (NY), the University of North Carolina Asheville, and Cumberland University (TN), where he became president and chief academic officer.He is currently the senior writer for Independent School Management, a consulting firm serving private schools throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad. He and his wife, Dr. Linda Mason Hall, live in Greer, SC.Previous novels in Dr. Buckalew's Rebecca Series include: The Face of the Enemy, By Many or By Few, Such Thy Mercies and Choose You This Day.
