Bill Buchanan, an electrical engineer formerly with Bell Laboratories and Raytheon, developed control systems and communication protocols for computer networks. In his past, as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Electronics Systems Division, he helped develop and test a mobile, side-looking prototype radar designed to penetrate foliage, eliminating the need for Agent Orange. He received a masters degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University after working as a graduate assistant at NASA. He and his family lived in Hampstead, New Hampshire until moving closer to his parents in the southeast. He lives there now writing his next novel.