Neal Thompson

Neal Thompson is a veteran journalist who has worked for the
Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, and St. Petersburg
Times, and whose magazine stories have appeared in Outside,
Esquire, Backpacker, Mens Health, and The
Washington Post Magazine. He is the author of two critically acclaimed
books, Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard, America's
First Spaceman and Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine,
Detroit Wheels and the Birth of NASCAR. Thompson and his family live
in the mountains outside Asheville, North Carolina. Visit his website at
www.nealthompson.com