Bruno Skoggard lived the life he wrote about. Born in Sweden, raised in Brooklyn, New York, He flew for the RCAF during WW2 and then for Civil Air Transport in China during the revolution in 1949. He was a "Mad mad" working in advertising in NYC during the 1950s when he wrote these rollicking yarns. He anticipates Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Elmore Leonard in his choice of settings and use of dialogue. Bruno Skoggard's published novels include The Pentagon Tapes, Playboy Press and China Hand, Dodd Mead.