Ken Cressman is the award-winning author of the Larkin and Colt thriller series, the Justin Thorn science fiction series, as well as the stand-alone works King of the Pirates and Out of Time. He has worked as an electrician, a carpenter, a plumber, a sailor, a high school teacher, a graphic designer, a photographer, an actor, and a theatrical producer, among other things, so obviously he can't hold a job. He uses his knowledge and experience to help make his books as realistic as possible. Whatever he doesn't know he researches, or just makes up. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is married to his childhood sweetheart, and he is currently (and always) working on his next book.