John Nichol is a former RAF flight lieutenant whose Tornado bomber was shot down on a mission over Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991.
He was captured and became a prisoner of war.
He is the bestselling co-author of Tornado Down and The Last Escape, and author of five novels: Point of Impact, Vanishing Point, Exclusion Zone, Stinger and Decisive Measures.
He is also a journalist and widely quoted military commentator.
His website is at www.johnnichol.com
Tony Rennell is the author of Last Days of Glory: The Death of Queen Victoria and co-author of When Daddy Came Home, a highly praised study of demobilization in 1945 and The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War In Germany 1944-45. Now a freelance writer, he was formerly associate editor of The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday.