Jim Marrs is an award-winning journalist and author. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a degree in journalism, he worked for and owned several Texas newspapers before becoming an independent journalist/author. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, which was the basis for the Oliver Stone film JFK, and Rule by Secrecy. His in-depth overview of the UFO phenomenon, Alien Agenda, is the top-selling non-fiction book on UFOs in the world, and it is available in several foreign languages. He is a frequent guest on national radio and television talk-show programs. Marrs lives somewhere in Texas.