Ralph Peters is a bestselling, award-winning novelist, a journalist who has covered various conflicts and appears frequently in the broadcast media, and a lifelong traveler who has visited over seventy countries on six continents. Ralph Peters' journalism has appeared in dozens of newspapers, journals, and web-zines, including The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Harpers, and Armchair General Magazine, to name a few. The Officers' Club, The War After Armageddon, Endless War, and Red Army are among his works. Peters grew up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University to study writing. He is based in Washington, D.C., where he writes and lives.