Bruce Henderson is the author and co-author of many nonfiction books, including the #1 national bestseller And the Sea Will Tell, which was adapted for network television and became a highly rated miniseries, and Leap of Faith: An Astronaut’s Journey into the Unknown, a collaboration with Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper. A former reporter and magazine writer, Henderson has taught journalism at several major universities. He lives in Sebastopol, California, with his sons, Evan and Grant.