William Altimari and his wife Barbara live in the Tucson Mountains. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Anthropology/Archaeology and was an Animal Keeper at The Philadelphia Zoo and The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. He is an Indian Wars re-enactor and a graduate of the US Cavalry School, LLC. He is also a member of the US Cavalry Association, The American Quarter Horse Association, and The Western Writers of America. He may be contacted at waltimari@comcast.net