ricksteebyauthor
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Bio
Biography
• Born in Kansas to John A and Deloris M Steeby in Oswego Kansas July 9th, 1953.
• Family moved to Alaska in 1954
• Started School at Chugiak Elementry School in 1959 the Year Alaska Became a state.
• Attended High School at Chugiak High School and graduated in 1972
• US Army Military Police 1972-1975 Fort Ord California Basic Training
• Fort Gordan GA Advanced Training Military Police Academy
• Honorable Discharge October 1975
• Worked on Alyeska Pipeline construction and other construction projects in Alaska. (learned to read w/dyslexia before I knew I had dyslexia)
• Worked on the side as Assistant big game guide for Don Sisson Guide Service
• Bought a Piper PA 18 – 150 Super Cub and became a licensed private pilot.
• Worked five years on the North Slope Oilfield as a Security Guard
• Applied for and was accepted with the Anchorage Police Department Feb 1983
• Patrol Officer, Uniformed Investigator, Member Major Crime Scene Team, Detective Crimes Against Children and Detective Robbery. Left APD in good standing to move to Texas in Aug 1993 (My non-fiction writing experience)
• Self-employed siding contractor and MLM business
• Graduated Strayer University with a BS Degree in Computer Science at age 50.
• Started contracting company NoVa Barrier Waterproofing Systems LLC founder.
• I am an advanced Toastmaster and past president of the GUTS Toastmasters Club in Annandale VA. Public Speaker. Writing speeches and stories for speeches for twenty years.
• Active on social media and write many short commentaries on political subjects and short stories. (Average over 100,000 words a week based on my grammar tracking software)
• Author, Escape from Playa Del Carmen and Getting Home 2016, Don Sackett Novels, third Sackett Novel in the works, Paten for Death. I am looking for a good agent to get my work published.