Matthew Douglas PinardMatthew Douglas Pinard is the author of The New Wine series. He was born and raised in southeastern Michigan and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in military history from Louisiana State Univrsity. Matthew is also a former US Army JAG legal specialist. He and his wife Carol Rose are recent trans¬plants from west Michigan and now live in beautiful Prescott Valley, Ari¬zona, with their two dogs Reese, a chocolate Lab, and Cleetus, a Redbone Coonhound. Matthew is a ranked Shihan (sixth degree) in Hakko Den shin Ryu Japanese Jujutsu and enjoys hiking, communing with the other side, praying for world peace, and photographing archangels in his spare time. Read More Read Less