Alan Hlad is the inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed USA Today best­selling author of The Long Flight Home and Churchill’s Secret Mes­sen­ger. In addi­tion to writ­ing, Alan is pres­i­dent of an exec­u­tive search firm, a fre­quent speak­er, and a mem­ber of the His­tor­i­cal Nov­el Soci­ety, Lit­er­ary Cleve­land, and the Akron Writ­ers’ Group. He lives in Ohio with his wife and children.