A native of Washington, DC, J. Gregory Smith earned a master s degree in business administration from the College of William & Mary in Virginia and built a career in public relations before turning to fiction writing full-time. His debut novel, Final Price, made the quarterfinals of Amazon s Breakthrough Novel Award contest in 2009. He is also the author of Legacy of the Dragon and the award-winning novel A Noble Cause, which was a Kindle bestseller. He lives with his wife and son in Wilmington, Delaware.