Rolland Amos, who goes by "Moose" (some thought the name sounded like 'a moose'), was born in 1931. He grew up in Ohio. "Moose" served 22 years in the military, primarily as a linguist. After his military days, he taught Russian and German language courses for some 15 years at the National Security Agency. He has earned 4 degrees: B.A. and M.A. in International Relations, B.A. in German, M.A. in Russian. He has travelled abroad extensively and resided for lengthy periods in Germany, Mexico and Korea. These days he reads, bowls, plays golf, and has published 5 books of poetry. He has also translated some 84 songs into English from Spanish, Russian and German for lyricstranslate.com.