Michael Aye is a retired naval (mustang) officer. Joining the navy at age 17, he turned 19 riding a "Tin Can" in Vietnam. During twenty-two years of service, Michael held all the enlisted ranks from E-1 to E-9. He also held the ranks of CWO2 through CWO4 and finally retired as a full lieutenant. Mike has sailed the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Black Sea, and the Pacific by way of the Panama Canal. During Mike's twenty-two years in our nation's service, he spent a significant amount of time stationed with the USMC, first as a Hospital Corpsman, and later as a Physician Assistant. He retired as the Base Medical Officer at the Marine Corps Logistical Base in Albany, Georgia. Mike is a lifetime member of the VFW. Upon retiring from the navy, Mike attended the University of Nebraska College of Medicine where he specialized in the treatment of allergy and asthma. He later became an owner and partner in Allergy and Asthma Clinics of Georgia. After spending nearly thirty years in private practice, Mike is now retired. He divides his time close to the great-grandkids in Lee County, Georgia, and his cabin in the North Georgia mountains. He continues to travel, often doing research on the next manuscript. He has written several series, many of them with their roots in nautical fiction. Other series delves into the War of 1812, Pyrates, Smugglers along the Kent Coast in England, and a stand-alone western (so far). In 2024, Devil Boats was released. It is the first in a series dealing with the U.S. Navy's PT boats in the South Pacific during World War II.
Patricia Fowler has a background in land grants and title research. She spent time researching the titles and grants for many of the small Islands off the coast of South Carolina near Beaufort. After Mike was transferred to Albany Georgia as the Acute Care Medical Officer and later as the MCLB Base Medical Officer, Pat became involved in Banking and Finance. When she retired she was a vice President and Branch Manager of an Albany Government Employee's Credit union branch. Patricia spends much of her time typing (Mike writes in long hand) manuscripts, reviewing and editing manuscripts prior to them being sent to the publisher. Michael relates that without Pat there would never have been a Michael Aye.