Ron Martz writes on defense issues for the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution". His books include "Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia" (with Lawrence R. Bailey, Jr.; Brassey s, Inc., 1995) and "White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea" (with Ben Malcom; Brassey s, Inc., 1996), which "Publishers Weekly" praised as "exciting reading." He lives in Roswell, Georgia.