Gordon Kessler is a full-time thriller novelist, living in the Kansas City metro area with his golden retriever, Jazmin (Jazzy Brass). He's taught novel writing for several community colleges, worked over twenty years for the BNSF Railway, and is a former US Marine Recon Scout, Super Squad team leader, parachutist and troop handler. He enjoys SCUBA, sailing, snow skiing and sharing time with his kids and grandkids.\n \n His thriller novels Jezebel, Dead Reckoning, and Brainstorm are all in both paper and eBook. His latest men's action/adventure thriller, Knight's Ransom, was released early 2012. Four or five more in \"The E Z Knight Reports\" series are scheduled for release yet this year. These novels are about half the size of his big thrillers and are fast, fun reads.\n \n Gordon's also published two short story eBooks: a humorous piece called \"Toothpick for Two\" and a nostalgic romance called \"Jack Knight\". Please check them out.\n \n Along with his fiction, he's published a book for writers, Novel Writing Made Simple; a great primer for beginners and an excellent refresher for the experienced wordsmith. He's a founder and former president of the Kansas Writers Association, a sixteen-year-old organization of some very special people. Last year, he started a group to help support independent authors called the Indie Writers Alliance--another group of great people.