The Author is a forty year veteran of the FBI, serving in many capacities, and retiring from the FBI Senior Executive Service. He was awarded a presidential meritorious service award by President George H. W. Bush. He is the recipient of the FBI Medal of Valor foe action against and armed and dangerous criminal. He began writing after retirement and The Flame Thrower bandit is the eleventh in The Ben Douglas FBI Thriller series. The author and his wife now reside in Asheville NC. They have two children and four grandchildren.