Austin S. Camacho is the author of detective novels in the Hannibal Jones series, plus two action thrillers. Active in several local writers’ organizations, Camacho is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, and currently the president/founder of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. He also teaches writing courses at Anne Arundel Community College. By day, Camacho is a public affairs specialist for the Defense Department. For more than a decade the American Forces Network carried his radio and television news reports. Camacho lives in Springfield, Va.