Best-selling author Andrew Ceroni served a distinguished career as a Senior Supervisory Special Agent and Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was involved in global espionage investigations as well as counterespionage and antiterrorism operations. Ceroni grew up in New York on the Hudson River and attended public schools. He received a congressional nomination to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and graduated with a BS degree. He received his MA degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and attended the University of Maryland for advanced studies in German and French. The author of nine award-winning thriller novels, Ceroni is a member of the Authors Guild.