Blaine L. Pardoe is an award-winning author of numerous books in the SF, military non-fiction, true crime, paranormal and business management genres. He has appeared on a number of national television and radio shows to speak about his books. Pardoe has been a featured speaker at the US National Archives, the US Navy Museum and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. He was awarded the State History Award in 2011 by the Historical Society of Michigan and is a silver medal winner from the Military Writers Society of America in 2010. Pardoe had previously written for Fonthill Media with the critically acclaimed The Bad Boy: Bert Hall, Aviator and Mercenary of the Skies.