John Thompson spent twenty-five years as an investment banker in New York before retiring to write full time. He lives with his wife and daughter and divides his time between Charleston, S.C., and a mountain home in Hawley, Pa.

Thompson is actively involved in his local community and serves on a number of non-profit boards. In those capacities, he has chaired the board of one of the nation's leading children's hospitals and served as interim headmaster of a private school. He currently serves as Chairman of the Charleston Education Network. He chairs the Investment Committee for the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation and serves on its Executive Committee, and he is on the National Advisory Board of Donors Choose, a charity selected by Amazon.com in 2005 as America's Most Innovative Non-Profit.

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