Tim Fortner Author

Tim Fortner served as a Marine in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969 and was awarded the Air Medal for Heroic Achievement in Aerial Flight. As a helicopter door gunner, he flew twenty-seven combat strike flights. After his discharge he pursued a career in motor racing and vintage racing car restoration. Today he is still working and lives on the northern California coast.

Elizabeth Ridley is the author of five novels and four co-written memoirs. She lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.