David Sundstrand was a longshoreman, a soldier, a railroad brakeman, and served in the United States Merchant Marine before going to college on the G.I. Bill to study English literature. He liked being a student almost as much as being a ne'er-do-well and might have stayed in college permanently were it not for the constraints of having to make a living. He is the author of the Frank Flynn Mystery series. After many years of teaching English in high school and college, he decided to change hats and write something himself. He is the author of Shadow of the Raven and Shadows of Death. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Jacquelyn, two dogs, and a cat.