William Cornett is a freelance writer and photographer based in the Washington, DC area. He has written articles for The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, Times-Journal Newspapers, and dozens of other publications. He has also done public relations writing for several high-tech firms, including Sync Data Corporation and Mobile Telesystems, Inc. His photographic credits include assignments for National Geographic World Magazine and Outdoor and Travel Photography Magazine, and his images have been featured on more than two dozen magazine covers. He was the photography editor for the Prince George's County Herald, and he served concurrently as the associate editor and the director of photography for Sidelines Magazine. His areas of special expertise include the wireless communications industry, radio-electronics, Attention-Deficit Disorder, medicine, and recreation. While on assignment, he has met Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the White House, kayaked wild rivers with world-class explorers, ridden a 1,500-lb competition rodeo bull, and B.S.-ed his way into a restricted police training program at the FBI Training Center in Quantico, VA. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and two young daughters, and an extremely strange dog of undetermined parentage. He has just completed a mystery novel and is a published science fiction writer.