Edward (Ned) Pinhey was born in Los Angeles, California in 1938. He dropped out of High School to join the US Navy at 17, and married his childhood sweetheart at 18. He and wife Dee remain married after more than 52 years. They have three children, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Ned and Dee live outside Sequoia National Park in Three Rivers, California. After leaving the Navy, Ned was a Los Angeles Police Officer rising to the rank of Sergeant. He worked as Patrol Officer, Hollywood Vice Officer, Narcotics Detective, Hollywood Detective and Patrol Supervisor. At the height of the Watts Riots of 1965, Ned and his partner vowed to become lawyers. Both made it. Ned graduated from Law School Cum Laude and was admitted to the California Bar. He credits wife Dee, working for LAPD North Hollywood, along the GI Bill who paid the bills. He left LAPD and was lawyer and Administrator to the Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff's Association. Ned took a four-year hiatus from law practice to be VP Operations of a motor home manufacturer. Selling out of the motor home business he practiced law in Santa Maria, California for fifteen years during which he regularly served as Superior Court Judge pro tempore. Ned and Dee retired to their Three Rivers home in 1990. There he penned eleven books.