About the Author

Gene Kraay was an All-American Soccer Player in 1969 at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. He flew the single-seat, single-engine, Mach 2+ F-106 Delta Dart in the old Aerospace Defense Command. He spent nearly 45 years in military and corporate aviation. Writing as E.S. Kraay, he has three historical novels to his credit: The Olympian, A Tale of Ancient Hellas; The Hamsa; and Tobit and the Hoodoo Man, A Mystical Tale from the Civil War South. He has optioned the film rights to The Olympian. Gene and Marie, his wife of 38 years reside outside of Tucson in the Sonoran Desert. They have four grown children, three sons and one daughter, four grandchildren and three dogs. Their daughter Stefanie [Golan] is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at West Point. You can learn more about his novels at www.eskraay.com.