Raised in the Bay Area, the author enlisted in the United States Army on his 18th birthday. After graduation from Hayward High School in June, 1966, he took Basic Training at Fort Ord, on the Monterrey peninsula of California.
Following the completion of Communications Specialist School at Fort Gordon, GA, he spent nearly a year with the 8th Infantry Division at Bad Kreuznach, Germany before volunteering for a tour in Vietnam.
After graduation from California State University, Hayward, following his military service, Mr. Frazee' pursued numerous careers, among them banking, retailing and as a national sales manager for an import company in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mr. Frazee recently retired from teaching English and Modern World History at the secondary level in the Sacramento area and is currently working on his fourth book, "Sweet Tea and Sweet Jesus."
He anticipates that this book will by Christmas, 2011.
Active in his church, were he serves as a lay reader, Mr. Frazee' retired from the California Army National Guard in 2004. He is also involved with Shepherd's Love - a non-governmental organization that raises money for the Twinomjuni Orphanage located in Kabale, Uganda. The orphanage serves children whose parents have died of AIDS, or are homeless.
Mr. Frazee' is married, has two daughters and enjoys frequent trips to Mexico, where he loves to visit Mayan ruins and snorkeling.