John-Allen Price was born on August 19th, 1954 in Washington, D.C. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he won the Pendell journalism award for his work on the school newspaper in 1977. His books include Doomsday Ship, Operation Night Hawk, Extinction Cruise A Mission For Eagles, The Pursuit Of The Phoenix, The Siege Of Ocean Valkyrie, and Phoenix Caged. His first SF novel, Mutant Chronicles II: Frenzy, was published in 1994. He has since completed work on a hard SF military adventure, Sail a Distant Sea, and is currently working on outlines/proposals for a cruise ship techno-thriller, a W.W. I alternative history, and another alternative history set in the 1930s.