Hi, I'm Ron Shaw a native of Atlanta, Georgia. I currently reside in Gwinnett County, Georgia with my wife and daughter. I attended Roosevelt High School in Atlanta and continued my education at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia for two years. I met my future wife in Atlanta after my second year at Mercer and transferred my junior year to Georgia State University in Atlanta. With new responsibilities in 1973, I became an Atlanta Police Officer while attending college full-time. I obtained a BA degree in English Literature from Georgia State University in 1974, and I retired from the Atlanta Police Department in 1996 after a very fulfilling and personally satisfying career. I'm an award-winning cover designer, bestselling, and prolific author, writing in a wide variety of genres. Richard M Knittle Jr. is a veteran of 2 services the US Navy and US Army National Guard with 3 Honorable Discharges, he has been a member of the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association rodeo circuit as a Bull Rider in Southern California. Richard M Knittle Jr. Is a Five Time Number One Best Selling Author and Poet who has had five of his seven books of beautiful heart and deep soul Poetry hit the number one spot a total of nine different times in twelve different Kindle Store categories in just over the two years that he has been writing. His style of Poetry comes from the deepest depths within his soul and he holds nothing back. His writing is simply a wonderful work of Poetic art which is and has been seen by millions around the world. Mr. Richard M Knittle Jr. has also been the host of the Internet radio show Poetry Because It Matters with Author and Poet Richard M Knittle Jr. Richard grew up in Simi Valley, California just north of Los Angeles, he now resides in the Fort Worth area. We as poets have been given a gift from our creator.. To heal within and to help heal outward. We are here as part of a bigger picture to spread love and understanding to a broken world... We are here because we have unlocked the key to understanding ourselves and others. I believe in a greater plan in our life and that people come in and out of our lives every single day not by chance but for a reason.