David Healey’s novels and nonfiction books have been published by Jove Books (Penguin Putnam), the Agatha Award-winning Bella Rosa Books, and The History Press. He worked for 21 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, and won awards in feature writing and editorial writing from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and Suburban Newspaper Association. He has written freelance articles for many newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Times, American History, Blue & Gray, Running Times, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Out & About, and Delmarva Quarterly. He is on the board of the Eastern Shore Writers’ Association, an organization that promotes writers and writing on the Delmarva Peninsula. He is also an author member of the International Thriller Writers and a contributing editor for the ITW’s The Big Thrill magazine magazine. He is a frequent speaker on regional history and writing topics. In 2011 he was recognized as a Chaney Visiting Scholar by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. A graduate of Washington College and the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine, he is now a full-time faculty member at an online university.