Kathleen "Kat" Anderson served in the US Air Force for more than twenty years, earning the Bronze Star for leadership and service. After retiring from military service, she worked as a policy analyst within the federal government before turning her focus to writing. A former syndicated political commentator with The Political Insider, Anderson covered national security, law, and the UAP phenomenon, interviewing real-world experiencers and investigators, who helped inspire her fiction. Anderson holds a masters in political management. Kat lives in Nevada with her husband, Beau, and their two children.