Tom ClaffeyTom Claffey, a member of the Western Writers of America, spent his growing-up years in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. He majored in English literature at New Mexico Military Institute and Creighton University and, in 1954, accepted an appintment to West Point. He graduated in 1958 and became a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. In civilian life he worked in investment securities and banking and began writing for publication in 1981. He lives in Santa Fe. Read More Read Less