Thomas LeBrun exceeded expectations with his multi-award-winning book; Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life and Adventures Protecting Celebrities, detailing his life of protecting the likes of Bill Gates, Elton John, and Whitney Houston as a Close Protection Specialist. Thomas currently resides in the Northeast. When he's not reading or writing, he dedicates time to keeping his body and mind fit and healthy. His career spans over three decades and forty-five countries. Within that time, he's had plenty of adventures, incredible encounters, and challenging projects. For more than forty years he's worked to improve his situational /protective awareness skills and continues to train extensively in the Martial and Defensive arts world. He's also an academic who's studied Anti-Terrorist subject matter, Maritime Security, and has taken extensive Close Protection courses. Discovering that people enjoy his style of writing, which includes life experiences, and many, many ideas for fiction novels, he decided to write an action-packed thriller full of adventure, love, and betrayal; the kind of book he'd like to read. Writing allows him to give voice to all the exciting ideas he's always had for books but never pursued. He hopes to instill a love of reading in everyone, especially in the younger generations, and keep readers on the edges of their seats. Sticks and Stones his most recent book achieved the distinction of being a # 1 International Best Seller and as seen on tv.