Poet, playwright and novelist Arthur McMaster's first career was that of a foreign intelligence officer, with military intelligence and the CIA. Retiring from government service, Arthur earned an MFA degree in Poetry at University of Florida (Pushcart Prize nominations) and taught as a visiting Associate Professor of English at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. He now teaches in the Continuing Education Department for Furman University (fiction and poetry). His books include: In the Orchards of Shadow and Light (historical fiction novel and part of the Shadow series); The Whole Picture Show (poetry); Musical Muse (academic); Birdies Never Die (golf); Givings & Misgivings (poetry); The Spy Who Came Down with a Cold (poetry); and Need to Know (memoir). Arthur and his family live in Greenville, South Carolina.