<b>Eric Flint</b>is a modern master of alternate history fiction, <i>with over three million books in print</i>. He s the author/creator of the<i>New York Times</i>best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius alternate Roman history series, and with David Weber collaborated on<i>1633</i>and <i>1634: The Baltic War</i>. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.