Lee Mandel was born in New York City, graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, and received his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. As a doctor in the United States Navy, he earned numerous honors for service and leadership. Dr. Mandel's talent for research is in high demand, and he has been featured on "Ten Things You Don't Know About John F. Kennedy," an episode of the History Channel's Ten Things You Don't Know About series. He is the author of Moryak: A Novel of the Russian Revolution, winner of the 2010 Grand Prize for Fiction from the Santa Fe C...