An author, journalist, and educator, David Healey has proven himself prolific, in both the fiction and non-fiction worlds. "Pacific Sniper" is the latest in a series of novels that looks down the sight of that particular specialist, both from the American and Japanese perspectives, in an island battle. Healey's writings take us through world and civil wars, step into the Young Adult vein with the Sea Lord books, and history of the Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva Peninsula.A newspaper reporter and editor, Healey's articles have appeared in "The Washington Times," "American History," "Chesapeake Bay Magazine" and "Running Times." He is also a speaker on numerous historical and writing topics.