TOM SWICEGOODgrew up on South Beach, Key West, Florida; graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy and the University of Florida; served on a U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker in Alaska and a Coast Guard Voice of America ship in the Mediterranean; hitch-hiked military aircraft around the world; spent a month in China; was stoned in Tripoli, Libya; rafted the Colorado River; photographed penguins in Antarctica; and wrote and directed exploitation movies in Hollywood. His other books include Our God Too!, The Intoxicated Taxi, Von Cosel, and The Submarinerâs Son. Tom resides in Edgewater, Florida.