Tom Rynard is an author, independent scholar of history, practicing attorney and adjunct professor of History at Columbia College. He retired from the United States Army Reserves in 2015 after 27 years. Tom's areas of historical research include Renaissance Venice and American cultural history. He received his Bachelor of General Studies degree in history from the University of Kansas, his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Law and his Masters in History degree from American Public University. He has published professionally on legal and historic subjects in books and in professional journals. His fictional creation, the Renaissance detective Reginaldo Morosini, has appeared in one novel published by Smashwords and five short stories published in Mysterical-e, www.mystericale.com, an electronic magazine publishing mystery short story fiction. More Reginaldo Morosini books and collections of short stories are in the works. Tom loves traveling, travel photography and long rides on the on his bicycle. He has lived in Italy (30 miles or so from Venice) and Germany while on extended tours with the Army Reserves and has traveled extensively in Europe and Japan.