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About Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967 volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 196970 and subsequently in airborne infantry long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer living in Texas. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride Don Troiani and Edouard Detaille. His interests include karate running Bible reading history and making English longbows. Born in Malaya in 1949 Alan Gilliland studied photography/film and architecture and has worked as a photojournalist and cartoonist. He also spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph winning 19 awards in that time including numerous UK Press Awards. He now writes illustrates and publishes fiction (www.ravensquill.com) as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (including Osprey the Penguin Group Brown Reference Group Ivy Group and Aurum) architects and developers such as John McAslan (Olympic Energy Centre) and Kit Martin (Prince Charles Phoenix Trust advisor on historic buildings). www.alangilliland.com