Tad Fitch is a Titanic scholar and has worked in psychology and school administration. He has been researching maritime history for over 30 years and has co-authored such books as Report Into the Loss of SS Titanic: A Centennial Reappraisal, Into the Danger Zone: The Lusitania, First Battle of the Atlantic, andLiners During the Great War. His books have twice been nominated for the Mountbatten Award. He lives in Brook Park, Ohio.