Homer Hickam was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. The author of Torpedo Junction (a Military History Book-of-the-Month Club selection) as well as numerous articles for such publications as Air & Space/Smithsonian and American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for the International Space Station program and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.
Michael Kramer is an actor, director, and narrator. He has recorded more than 100 audiobooks, as well as titles for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. Among the recognition he has garnered for his narration are AudioFile magazineâs Earphones Award and the Torgi Award. Mr. Kramer lives in Washington, DC, where he is active in the areaâs theater scene, and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.