Robert Valletta is the author of Crossfire, a 2021 American Fiction Awards Techno-Thriller Finalist. He grew up in the greater Lehigh Valley of eastern Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, he spent two years backpacking his way throughout Europe and lived along the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. He has earned a B.A. in Business Management and an MBA in Supply Chain Management from Moravian University. Over the years, he has worked in management positions for global companies in the consumer electronics, life sciences, and pharmaceutical industries. Along the way, he has lived outside the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and San Diego. He now lives with his wife in the majestic desert canyons of southern California. To learn more about the author and his other books, including the award-winning techno-thriller Crossfire, the poignant coming-of-age novel based on his real-life European adventures A Foreigner’s Heart, and a diversified collection of his short stories and poems entitled When School Let Out, visit: https://linktr.ee/robertvallettabooks