WILLIAM A. COOK is an internationally recognized author of seventeen books on sports, true crime and automotive history. He has appeared in documentary productions on ESPN2 and the MLB Network and will appear in a forthcoming documentary on kidnapping being produced by Blizzard Road Productions of Perth, Australia. His work has been recognized for literary and artistic achievement by the Hamilton County Committee of the Ohioana Library Association and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. In addition, one of his works has received a favorable review in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal published by UCLA. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati and the University of Illinois at Chicago, he is a former healthcare administrator and township councilman in North Brunswick, New Jersey. He currently lives in Manalapan, New Jersey.