"This is a picture of John Ringo.  His career was,
unfortunately,  tragically cut short by being  caught by some
fat guy in a hat."  SFRevu New Author Interview: John Ringo
also: A Hymn Before Battle (Review)   One of my favorite pieces
of Military SF hardware was the powered suit that Heinlein used
in Starship Troopers. When I saw John Ringos's first book I knew
immediately I'd found a kindred spirit, and went off to dig up
an interview before success goes to his head.    SFRevu: Where
and when did you grow up?  John Ringo: Let's get one thing
perfectly clear; I never grew up:-) But I was raised in a
variety of places. My dad was a civil engineer with an
international firm so we traveled in the states and overseas a
fair bit. Most of my life was spent in the states, mainly in the
southeast, but living in foreign countries puts a stamp on you.
I try to stamp back as hard as I can. And I really do hate
anything but "normal" food!  Call it: Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Greece and Iran and you'll hit the high poin