Joe Porrazzo is a former career U.S. Air Force officer and currently works for the Department of Defense. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University. He also taught Aerospace Science as an Air Force ROTC Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire. He was born and raised in Lynn and Peabody Massachusetts, and now lives in Southern Arizona with his wife, Diane, and three children, Joe Jr., Alex, and Maria. This is his first novel.