W. Adam Mandelbaum is a retired New York attorney who had a practice concentration in criminal, business and family law. He was a veteran of the courts for over 35 years. He also served in US intelligence with the National Security Agency, while he was in the military. His investigative reporting book, Psychic Battlefield (St. Martins 2000) was one of the leading works to expose the CIA coverup of the psychic spying program. A writer who has been published on diverse subjects, Mandelbaum is a member of International Thriller Writers,was a writing mentor for the Horror Writer's Association, a poet whose work was broadcast nationwide on the syndicated show Romantic Hours, and a writing instructor at a fine arts institute.