David L. Simmons was born in High Point, North Carolina. He retired from the USAF as a Security Specialist Supervisor. He studied at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Los Angeles Metropolitain Community College (Mission College), University of Maryland in Europe, and graduated from Southwest Texas State University in Law Enforcement and Security Management. He is the author of The Last Matriarch: Day of the Robin, The Last Matriarch: Bob White, and The Fishbowl. David L. Simmons was born in High Point, North Carolina. He retired from the USAF as a Security Specialist Supervisor. He studied at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Los Angeles Metropolitain Community College (Mission College), University of Maryland in Europe, and graduated from Southwest Texas State University in Law Enforcement and Security Management. He is the author of The Last Matriarch: Day of the Robin, The Last Matriarch: Bob White, and The Fishbowl.