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Neal Thompson

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About The Author

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

Books by Neal Thompson