Bio of ralph peters
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Bio of ralph peters
Ralph Peters
American military officer and author (born 1952)
This article is about the military officer, novelist and essayist. For the president of the Long Island Rail Road, see Ralph Peters (LIRR).
Ralph Peters (born April 19, 1952) is a retired United States Armylieutenant colonel and author.
In addition to his non-fiction books, he has published eight novels under the pen name Owen Parry, including Honor's Kingdom, which was awarded the Hammett Prize. Three of his novels published as Ralph Peters received the W.
Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction.
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Early life and education
Peters was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Schuylkill Haven. He is of German and Lutheran descent on his father's side, and Welsh and Methodist descent on his mother's.
His father was a coal miner and businessman.
His wife, Katherine McIntire Peters, is the deputy editor of Government Executive, a division of Atlantic Media.[2]