D. G. “Mac” McWilliams, at the
age of seventeen, joined the
US Marine Corps in 1943 and
served in the Pacific with the
5th Infantry Regiment,1st Division.
After his discharge in 1946, he
returned to Texas Tech University
and earned BS and MS degrees in
Petroleum and Civil Engineering,
and spent the next forty years
working in the oil fields in Europe,
Africa, Arctic, North Sea and US.
He attended The University of Iowa
Writing School and is presently
writing a sequel to his best seller.
He and his wife live in Fair Oaks
Ranch, Texas.