Martin Robert Grossman is the author of three best-selling children's books, Oscar the Otter, The Pigs of Lake Hood, and Totems of Seldovia. In 2017 his passion for adult military fiction was realized with the publication of Club Saigon. His books have received stirring reviews in the local media in his hometown of Anchorage, and throughout, Alaska. He has been a featured writer at the Alaska Writers Conference and has been author in residence at many lodges and libraries statewide. Recently he has been the featured author in The Rock magazine. He has written articles and served as a war correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. During the Vietnam War he served with the elite 5th Special Forces (Green Berets) of the United States Army.