Craig Bieber

I was born and raised in Edgemont, South Dakota, a small ranching town in the southwest corner of the state. I attended junior college in Casper, Wyoming for two years, and received my four year degree at Northern University in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

In my young days in South Dakota, there were no electronic distractions like there are now. Imagination, dreams, and literature were our windows to the world.

After college, I headed for California, and spent three years there before transferring to Alaska in 1970. My wife, who I met in California, and I have maintained our primary residence in Alaska since then. Our two grown sons also live in Alaska. In 2003, we had a home built in Tucson, Arizona, and we spend four or five months a year there during the winter.

I worked in the oil industry in Alaska for thirty years, and was a first hand participant in it’s growth, working originally as a mud engineer on drilling rigs, and completing my career as the Alaska manager of one of the largest oilfield service companies in the state. My time spent in this challenging, high profile industry provides much of the background information for my writing today. I like to refer to my career as going from the rig floor to the boardroom.

Saylor’s Triangle was published in 2008, and I am currently working on a sequel, The Permanent Plan, which I plan to have completed in the fall of 2009. I am also one of the contributing writers for Just One Opinion, a commentary blog that discusses recent news, politics, cultures, religion, and the economy.