Dwight Jon Zimmerman is a bestselling and award-winning author and former president of the Military Writers Society of America. Zimmerman has written more than fifteen books, including Area 51: The Graphic History of America's Most Secret Military Installation for Zenith Press and Steve McQueen Full Throttle Cool and The Life Steve McQueen and Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority for Motorbooks. In addition, he has written hundreds of articles on military history. Zimmerman lives in Brooklyn, New York.