Carey Henry Keefe grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and received a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. She has written one novel, a mystery thriller loosely based on her twelve years as a medical practice administrator in Las Vegas. A humorist at heart, she has had numerous personal essays produced on NPR-affiliated stations.Keefe now writes narrative non-fiction full time, drawn to research and the telling of compelling historical events and the people behind them, and speaks regularly to groups about the fascinating account of how the Navy used sports during WWII to train aviators in a revolutionary new training regimen they named Pre-Flight Training, credited with U.S. troops coming to be known as the toughest in the world during WWII.Tidewater Virginia is home where when she's not doing research or writing, she enjoys time with family, which include six grandchildren, and watching the sun set each evening with her husband of forty four years.