T. Dennis Reece is a retired U.S. Department of State Foreign Service officer who served in Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Cape Verde, Guyana, and Washington, D.C. He contributed two stories to the collection Serving America Abroad: Real-Life Adventures of American Diplomatic Families Overseas, also published by Xlibris. Mr. Reece obtained a B.A. from Valparaiso University and an M.A. from Purdue University. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, he now resides in Tampa, Florida.