Award-winning author (2022 Feed My Reads Sci-Fi Novel of the Year) with 15 years of combined military experience - eight in the U.S. Army and seven in the USAF and the South Carolina Air National Guard - C. Elmon Meade served in Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. He currently works in finance as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certified process engineer. He holds a BA in geography with a cognate in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina. Born in North Carolina, Meade is a member of the Coharie Tribe with ancestors of Cherokee, Tuscarora, Lumbee, and Powhatan descent. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida and enjoys genealogy and visiting Florida beaches. He is also a member of Christ's Church in Jacksonville.