DECKER CARRIES AROUND A BEEF WITH HIS BOSS, A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER, HORRORS FROM THE KOREAN WAR, AND THE NEED FOR PAYBACK Kevin Roberts is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran with a rather intimate knowledge of crime developed while taking some missteps in his youth. He's had several Op-Eds published in the New York Times. He is currently working on a follow up to Decker for an anti-hero series while maintaining constant weekly snarkings in the Letters to the Editor of his local newspaper. Mr. Roberts has had many careers including but not limited to: cabbie, bank teller, Good Humor sales, demolition, lab technician, construction and import/exporter. He is not much of a volunteer and has never entered a writing contest. Decker is his first published novel.