Alan P. Woodruff brings a wealth of personal experience to the stories told in the Lucius White novels.

Alan has degrees in chemical engineering [BS/MS: Virginia Tech], administration [PhD: Harvard], and law [JD: Florida State / LLM: U. of Washington]. He has also studied creative writing  at the University of Tennessee.

Alan has been a management consultant and policy analyst for dozens of state and federal agencies (including the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency) and international organizations (including the World Bank).

As a lawyer, Alan has twenty years of experience as a trial attorney representing clients in employment. tax and constitutional matters. He is also  a Criminal Justice Act certified federal criminal defense attorney

Alan has more than fifty published articles, is a contributing author to books of education and economics and is the author of one legal reference book.

Alan lives on the southeastern coast of North Carolina.