Elliot AckermanElliot Ackerman is the author of several novels, including Dark at the Crossing and Green on Blue. He is both a former White House Fellow and United States Marine and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan where he recived the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New Republic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. Read More Read Less