Patrick O'Donnell is a historian and expert on WWII espionage and special operations. He has spent the past twelve years interviewing over 1,400 of America's elite agents and troops and is the best-selling author of Beyond Valor and  Into the Rising Sun (both published through the Free Press/Simon & Schuster).  Beyond Valor was the winner of the prestigious William E. Colby Award for Outstanding Military History (over fifty of America's top historians and authors selected the book).  He is also the founder of The Drop Zone (www.thedropzone.org), an award-winning web site and the first on-line oral history project for veterans of WWII and the interested public.

Mr. O'Donnell was a historical consultant for DreamWorks' award-winning mini-series BAND OF BROTHERS, and for documentaries produced by the BBC, Fox News, and The History Channel. His books and web site are widely acclaimed on national television and radio and in newspapers such as USA TODAY, the WASHINGTON POST, the LOS ANGELES TIMES and the WALL STREET JOURNAL, which said "The Drop Zone presents the remarkable and often terrifying war stories of U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger troops. Browse through a few of these tales and you will probably gain new respect for the older men in the Veterans Day parade."

Mr. O'Donnell lives in Fairfax Station, Virginia and is currently working on his fourth book, a historical account of MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.

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