Charles A. Salter has been a writer all his life. A professional member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, he has published about two dozen fiction and non-fiction books and hundreds of articles in scientific journals, popular magazines, and newspapers, as well as numerous U.S. Government Technical Reports. His adult mystery novels and juvenile non-fiction books have earned excellent reviews and won various awards. Currently retired, he served for 28 years as a Medical Service Corps officer in the United States Army. Following that, he spent many years as a civilian working at the military’s medical school, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where he helped manage major biomedical research programs. He has often collaborated on writing projects with his brother J. L. Salter, and this is their third co-authored book. Living currently in Maryland, he is married, has three children and six grandchildren.