R.K. (Russ) Wood lives in the northern New York hamlet of Evans Mills with his wife, Tena. He retired in 2018 after 41 years in law enforcement. That career began in the U.S. Army's Military Police, culminating in many years as a security supervisor for the New York State Department of Corrections. Now a proud 'house husband, ' R.K. pursues his lifelong dream of writing while serving as the primary caregiver for a houseful of cats (but that is another story). R.K. 'home published' works he's distributed locally in binder format include The Parasite Within and Parasites and Potpourri, 2.0.