Author: Ron, Clark Ball
Born: July 24, 1959
Bio: Ronald Clark Ball was born under the shadows of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier of Pakistan. The son of a career CIA officer who was constantly on the move around the world, he was raised in Germany, and Thailand, however the family called McLean, Virginia home. He has been a roughneck on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, an officer and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy, piloting the F-14 Tomcat, and an entrepreneur, all inspiration for his writing. Although a work of fiction, FALCON ON THE TOWER, his first effort, has been praised by the highest echelons of the military and the Department of Defense as being both incredibly accurate, as well as visionary. A lecturer on Global Terrorism at the United States Naval War College, and a contributor to the Secretary of the Navy's annual Current Strategy Forum, the subject matter of his work is a focal point of the military's future flag officers. (Source Amazon.com)