<p>Vaughn C. Hardacker is a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam in 1968. He has published seven thriller novels. He has been a finalist for a Maine Literary Award three times, and his novel, THE WAR WITHIN, won second place in the 1989 International Literary Awards. He has degrees from Northern Maine Community College, the University of Maine, and the University of Southern New Hampshire. Has traveled extensively internationally and has visited or lived in most of the fifty United States. Before writing full-time, he worked in computer networking and high technology for over 40 years. He lives in a small town in Maine, where he is at work on his next thriller novel. He blogs with The Maine Crime Writers, and on his website, https://www.vaughnhardacker.com</p>
