Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with over three million books in print. He's the author/creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius alternate Roman history series, and with David Weber collaborated on 1633 and 1634 The Baltic War. Flint was a labor union activist for many years. He lives in Chicago, IL. David Carrico's writing career began with short stories laid in the 1632 universe published in Grantville Gazette. David lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is the author with Eric Flint of 1636: The Devil's Opera.