Ed Linz grew up on a small farm in Kentucky. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1965. His subsequent 20-year career in submarines included an assignment as Commanding Officer, USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN642), a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. Following retirement from the Navy he taught Physics and coached cross country in public schools in Virginia for over 25 years. His education includes Master’s degrees from Christ Church College, Oxford University in Economics and George Mason University in Secondary Education. Ed continues to teach Physics to home-schooled students in Virginia and lectures on the intersection of science and special education. He also gives presentations on organ donation based on being the benefactor of a life-saving heart transplant in 1994. He lives with his wife, Sharon, at a rural camp in NW Maine and winters in northern Virginia. A Filthy Way to Die is his fifth book. His earlier works include They Never Threw Anything Away, Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It; Life Row, A Case Study in How a Family Can Survive a Medical Crisis; Team Teaching Science, Success for All Learners; and a novel, Hurtling to the Edge. His interests include hiking (he recently “made it” to 15,000 feet on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania), gardening, and kayaking. He is currently working on two non-fiction books, Heart Transplant Hiker and Electrical Sudoku. Ed encourages you to contact him via email at edlinz@edlinz.com, on Facebook, or on Twitter @edlinz65. His columns and book information can be found at www.edlinz.com.
