Six Minutes to Freedom - About the Authors

About the Authors

Kurt Muse with President George H. W. Bush

Kurt Muse was born in the United States into a family of citizen soldiers whose roots go back to the Revolutionary War. His adventurous family lived first in Cuba and eventually settled in Panama where they began a printing and graphic arts supply business. Kurt married his high school sweetheart and came back to the U.S. for college. After graduation, Kurt took his ROTC commission for a short stint in the Army. Obligations fulfilled, he returned to Panama to help grow his family's business and start a family of his own. Being an American citizen, Kurt studiously avoided politics...until 1987. Noriega burned down one of his companies and killed one of his good friends. Panama was the only home Kurt knew, and it was being threatened by a ruthless machete-waving dictator.

John Gilstrap

John Gilstrap, coauthor of SIX MINUTES TO FREEDOM, is also the acclaimed author of SCOTT FREE, EVEN STEVEN, AT ALL COSTS, and NATHAN’S RUN, all selections of the Literary Guild. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. A former firefighter and EMT, he holds a master’s degree in safety engineering from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. John has also adapted four books for the big screen: RED DRAGON (uncredited) from the Thomas Harris novel for Dino DeLaurentiis Productions, WORD OF HONOR (from the Nelson DeMille novel, for Dino DeLaurentiis Productions); YOUNG MEN AND FIRE (from the Norman Maclean book, for Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures/Warner Brothers); and NATHAN’S RUN (from his own novel, also for Warner Brothers). Please visit www.johngilstrap.com

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