Thomas McKelvey Cleaver is the author of numerous well-received titles for Osprey, including the bestselling Frozen Chosen (2016), as well as Pacific Thunder (2017), Tidal Wave (2018), and Holding the Line (2019). He is additionally the author of F4F and F6F Aces of VF-2 published by Osprey and the best-selling Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15, a history of the US Navy's top-scoring carrier air group in World War II, published by Casemate. He lives in Encino, California, USA.