Richard S. Lowry is an internationally recognized military historian, author and eleventh generation American. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Submarine Service. He published The Gulf War Chronicles in 2003. He has been published in Military Magazine, Leatherneck and the Marine Corps Gazette.

Berkley Publishing released Richard’s next full-length book, Marines in the Garden of Eden in June of 2006. It is the story of America’s sons and daughters, who fought, bled, and died in a dusty desert town on the banks of the Euphrates River.

Richard has spoken to many community organizations such as local chapters of the Military Officers Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Marines for Life, Marine Corps League and the Florida Retired Chief Petty Officers Association on many different subjects relating to the current war in Iraq and Operation Desert Storm. He is an member in the Florida Writers Association and founder of The Orlando Writers Guild.

In June of 2004, Richard was awarded a research grant from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and was invited to the Marine Corps Historical Center to research the events of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Richard maintains a vast collection of Gulf War documentation. He has compiled over four hundred hours of audio recordings of his and other interviews as well as thousands of pages of documentation.

Richard takes great pride in being a chronicler of current military history. He has become the foremost expert on the Marines’ battle for An Nasiriyah. He has started work on his next book, Viking in the Valley. It will tell the story of the 2d Marine Regiments recent operations along the Syrian border as they work to bring the blessing of liberty to the people of Iraq.

Richard and his wife of twenty-five years, Vickye, are long-time residents of Central Florida. They are the proud parents of three grown sons, Ryan, Jeremy and Justin who are all working in post-graduate programs.