WILLARD M. OLIVER is, in the words of Robert E. Howard, just “some lined-faced scrivener.” He serves as a professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas; is a retired major in the Military Police Corps, United States Army; and is an Operation Desert Storm veteran. Oliver is the author/editor of thirty books; Robert E. Howard is his second biography, the first being August Vollmer: The Father of American Policing. He is a member of the Robert E. Howard United Press Association, has published articles in The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, and has been recognized for his work by the Robert E. Howard Foundation. He lives with his family in Huntsville, Texas.