Philip Hayward is an editor and writer living in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, downstream from Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived for more than thirty years and drew inspiration f...view morePhilip Hayward is an editor and writer living in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, downstream from Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived for more than thirty years and drew inspiration for Deadly Stroke. He has been a staff editor of Air & Space/Smithsonian, Mid-Atlantic Country, and Lodging magazines. As a competitive rower with Alexandria Community Rowing, he medaled numerous times in sweep 8s and 4s and competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles River in Boston. He is a member of the Maryland Writers Association. Deadly Stroke is the first in the Kip Alexander series.view less