Peter Thomas "P. T." Deutermann[2] (born December 27, 1941)[1] is an American writer of mystery, police procedural and thriller novels.
Deutermann attended parochial, public, and Jesuit high schools, graduating from Creighton Preparatory in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1959.
He served on the Morton for two years, and was on board for the second Gulf of Tonkin Incident in September 1964, which precipitated the first significant aircraft carrier strikes against North Vietnam.
From Manila, he went in-country Vietnam as officer in charge of PCF-39, based at the mouth of the main Mekong River channel that led to Saigon.
Following shore duty, Deutermann returned to sea, this time in the Atlantic Fleet as executive officer of the guided missile destroyer USS Charles F. Adams,[1][4] which made two deployments to the Mediterranean over the following two years.
In 1981 Deutermann assumed command of the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall for a three-year tour of duty,[1][3] which included combat operations off Lebanon.
In late 1985, he assumed command of Destroyer Squadron 25,[1][3] based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for two years, during which he made one deployment to the Indian Ocean, where he visited Kenya, Pakistan, Singapore and Japan.
He was then assigned as division director of the arms-control negotiations office concerned with chemical, biological, and radiation weapons on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction by the American Library Association for his novel Pacific Glory.
Deutermann's hobbies include the design and construction of formal gardens, reading American Civil War history, and the study of the 1st century Roman Near East.