Born in Brattleboro Vermont, raised in Westchester County NY, I  attended High school in Newtown Connecticut  and worked eight months as a psychiatric aide at Fairfield mental hospital for the criminally insane. I joined the Navy in 1967, and for the first time sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge in a destroyer escort in 1967 during "The summer of love." I was in Southeast Asia from Feb. 28 '68, after two years, returned Feb. 29, '70. I received my AA from the College of Marin, and in '72 went commercial fishing in Alaska. At the College of Marin, I majored in journalism, and economics, continuing on to  SF State. From '73 to '87 sold automobiles, everything from VW to RR, Bentley and Mazeratti.1988. I joined the Navy's Special Boat Unit X 1 in Vallejo, and went to Bahrain during the Iraq/Iran war. In '89, I went back to sea with the Navy's MSC as a Civilian Merchant Marine, and '90 part of Dessert Shield/Dessert storm. In between ships, I worked as a Hollywood Extra, and joined SAG in '95. In '91, I started shipping on oil tankers for Chevron. In 1999, I began shipping on high speed commercial container ships to Asia. In 2007 published Uncharted waters. In 2012 December Seven, the second day of Infamy. I continue to write, and live between Bangkok and San Francisco.                 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  The Summer of '72, Haight Ashbury to Alaska,  published by American Book, will be released July 15, 2010 Three young men and a gritty, hard-edged captain are shoehorned into a 32-foot fishing boat in the vast, cold waters of Alaska. This is the setting for the fascinating reminiscences of Ted Soderberg about his long summer college vacation in 1972. Jaded with the remnants of psychedelic hippie life in San Francisco, Ted chooses to spend the summer months not living the easy life onthe beaches of Cancun or St Petersburg, but enduring the harsh, exhausting conditions onboard a commercial purse seiner in Southern Alaska. Hilarious and awe-inspiring by turns, Soderberg narrates the story The Summer of '72 ,from Haight Ashbury to Alaska, will be released July15, 2010 <iframe src="http://pressroom.prlog.org/Thesummerof72/?hosted" width="700px" height="500px" frameborder="1"></iframe>

I was born in Brattleboro Vermont, raised in Westchester County New York and Fairfield County Connecticut, and after high school headed West. For two years was stationed in southeast Asia during the Vietnam war and attended the college of Marin in Kentfield Ca. and SF State. For thirteen years sold "High ticket' automobiles, and after a motorcycle accident returned to the Navy as a crew member in a Special Boat unit, and participated in the Iraq/Iran war in Bahrain. For six months worked at KTIM in San Rafael Ca as an Account executive, and decided to go back to sea. Today I continue to sail as a merchant marine as an active member of the SUP,(Sailors Union of the Pacific),two two honorable discharges from the United States Navy, plus a member of AFTRA,(American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, and SAG, plus a member of the Commonwealth Club since 1972. For twenty years, I worked as a part-time film and TV extra. For two years, I worked in Hollywood, and can be seen in many films: Basic Instinct, The Dead pool, The Rock...plus loads of TV shows: NYPD Blue, Coach, Mad About You, and Nash Bridges.... Also an active VVA member, I put many years of service in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine to good use in my engaging novel, Uncharted Waters, set during Operation Desert Shield, and Storm.