Author, Craig O. Thompson, is the winner of the International Benjamin Franklin Awards™ Silver Award for “Best New Voice--Fiction”--for his book on terrorism and the RMS Titanic, -- OMAR: A Novel.

He is an expert and media consultant on international terrorism, CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Warfare), small business contingency and disaster recovery planning, and is communications director for the International Association for
Counterterrorism & Security Professionals.