J. Michael Veron graduated from Tulane University and Harvard Law School and has served as a USGA Committee Member since 1986. His work has earned him the title of "master of fiction" from USA Today, and Travel and LeisureGolf Magazine has called him "The John Grisham of Golf." In addition, the New York Times hailed The Greatest Player as "Golf's Literary Rookie of the Year," and the Seattle Times ranked The Greatest Player as second on its all-time list of "Five Wonderful Golf Books." He lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana.