Schmitt, Sheldon: - Sheldon Schmitt graduated from Minnesota State University in 1993 with a BS in criminal justice, and later received his master's of justice administration from the University of Alaska. He also completed the FBI National Academy at Quantico.Sitka Snow is Sheldon Schmitt's second book and is based on his twenty-plus years of experience working in Alaska as a police officer, as well as fisherman and other jobs out in the bush. He retired as the chief of police in Sitka, Alaska, and makes his home there.I cut my teeth as a cop working out in the villages among Alaska Native tribes. I have a real love for the people and the life out on the edge.