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