Pierce Kelley is a lawyer in private practice in Cedar Key, Florida. He received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1969. He obtained his law degree from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1973. He has been an adjunct professor at several colleges and universities over the last twenty five years teaching a variety of legal topics. He has written a legal text and several other works of non-fiction. TO VALHALLA is his eleventh novel.