Taylor Baldwin Kiland is a writer who specializes in military nonfiction, having written, co-authored, ghost-written, or edited eighteen books, including three about the nation's Vietnam POWs: Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind, Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams, and Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later. A former naval officer, she is the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy and was raised in Coronado, California, and Virginia, where she grew up alongside many Vietnam POW and MIA families. Before turning to writing, she spent twenty years in the private sector as a marketing communications professional. She holds a master's degree in Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She has also worked as an account director for the global communications firm Burson-Marsteller and volunteered for numerous national political campaigns, including Senator John McCain's in 2000.