Mike Wright (Michael Allan Wright, 1938) was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but spent his childhood years in nearby Portsmouth. From many years he worked as a radio disc jockey, local and network radio news reporter, and television reporter, anchor, and producer. For 17 years he was a producer for NBC News in Chicago, where he won several news awards, including two EMMYs. When he left television he turned to writing for print. . . and "never looked back (except on paydays)". So far, he's published six books, five of them in his "What They Didn't Teach You. . ." series. He's now working on a seventh light history as well as an eighth, a fact-based novel.With his wife Lin, a university professor, and their Alaskan Malamute, Selkie the Wonder Pup, they live in New York City. As a friend says, "Mike's a Virginian living in New York."