Thompson, Neal

Neal Thompson is a veteran journalist who has worked for the
"Baltimore Sun", "Philadelphia Inquirer", and "St. Petersburg
Times", and whose magazine stories have appeared in "Outside",
"Esquire", "Backpacker", "Mens Health", and "The
Washington Post Magazine". He is the author of two critically acclaimed
books, "Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard, America's
First Spaceman" and "Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine,
Detroit Wheels and the Birth of NASCAR". Thompson and his family live
in the mountains outside Asheville, North Carolina. V...