Richard Craig Anderson started out as a fire fighter in 1971, became a highly decorated Maryland State Police trooper, and went on to accept a position as a counter-terrorist operative. An accomplished aviator and world-class scuba diver, Rick has enjoyed a life well-lived, thanks to the relationships and friendships he’s made along the way.His 2013 thriller "Cobra Clearance" was nominated for two literary awards and has enjoyed record sales. The sequel, "Follow Apollo: A Levi Hart Thriller," released in December 2016 to good reviews, also received two literary awards, while 2016's "Mark Air: A Levi Hart Thriller" was in the running for ThrillerFest's 'Book of the Year.'"The Romeo: A Levi Hart Thriller" is the fourth in the series. It was published in May 2024, it has enjoyed great success and it is already in the running for an international literary award.In the meantime, Rick's memoir, "A Door Left Open," published in 2020, tells the story of a high school dropout who dared to live his dreams, and succeeded in living all of them. But the memoir's emphasis is on the people he met along the way . . . those people who helped him out or even gave him a kick in the butt when he needed one.Read more about this authorRead less about this author