John K. Spitzberg is a member of Veterans For Peace, having served as President of Chapter 099, chair of an annual convention in Asheville, North Carolina and published poetry by veterans, some of whom saw combat.  He is the best mediocre chess player he knows, a father and a grandfather to three grandchildren in Florida.  Spitzberg was a special education teacher, master's level social worker and nationally registered paramedic.  He became a member of a Community Emergency Response Team in Willow, Alaska and calls the Last Frontier home as an elder who loves to write.