Dennis L. McKiernan
1932
Dennis L. McKiernan is a bestselling American author famously known for his high fantasy series, The Iron Tower. The authors other genres include horror fiction, science fiction crime fiction, and high fantasy set in different fictional worlds. Dennis was born and raised in Moberly, Missouri. He served in the United States Air Force based with US territory during the Korean War. After the military service, McKiernan went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1958 from the University of Missouri and a Masters from Duke University in 1964. The author worked as an engineer at AT&T, formerly known as Western Electric and also at Bell Laboratories. McKiernan began writing fulltime after an early retirement from engineering in 1989.