Steven J. Rolfes, a lifelong Ohioan, is a freelance writer and volunteer docent at the Cincinnati History Museum. He is the author of nine books on history, including The Cincinnati Court Riot, Cincinnati Landmarks and Cincinnati Under Water: The 1937 Flood, and is coauthor of Cincinnati Art Deco and Historic Downtown Cincinnati. For years, he hosted a radio talk show on the supernatural, Bolgia 4. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife and two children.