Claire E. Swedberg is an historical nonfiction author, journalist, and writing instructor. Her books include Work Commando 311/I: American Paratroopers Become Forced Laborers for the Nazis, In Enemy Hands: Personal Accounts of Those Taken Prisoner in WWII, Three Years with the 92nd Illinois: The Civil War Diary of John M. King, and In the Valley of Mystic Light. She lives with her family north of Seattle, Washington, where she is at work on her next book.