Eric Vance Walton is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, and an author of science fiction and non-fiction books. He is the author of "Vortex: The Secret History of the Quest for Gravitational Waves," which won the 2009 Pegasus Award in the general science category. The book was included on "The Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books." The book has been translated into German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Czech, French, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Walton was born in Coos Bay, Oregon
He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Technology.
He also completed Squadron Officer School that same year while serving as an exchange officer with the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Volkel Air Base in Holland. He later served as an instructor at the Academy's Air Command and Staff College before being stationed in the Pentagon as an operations officer at Headquarters United States Air Force. While stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, he was awarded "Outstanding Unit Award" for his work on the Joint Chiefs of Staff staff providing advice to Secretary of Defense William Cohen on issues related to national security during his final year of service. Walton retired from active duty in 2005 after 23 years of service to the United States Air Force.
Upon retirement he worked as a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton where he provided strategic planning support to senior military leaders throughout the Department of Defense on issues related to national security issues including intelligence agencies, homeland security, research and development agencies and intelligence organizations worldwide. He also provided operational support to senior military leaders on issues related to national security throughout the Department of Defense including intelligence agencies, homeland security organizations and intelligence organizations worldwide. He currently resides in northern Virginia with his wife Barbara Hutton Walton (the widow of publisher Jules Verne Hutton), their two children (the only grandchildren he knows) and two dogs (two Jack Russell Terriers) who are named for his favorite authors: Cervantes (Charles Dickens) and Harry Potter (Historian John Granger).
Faith is the womb in which all worthwhile and spectacular things have ever been born.Eric Vance Walton
F you don't think outside of the box, you may just get stuck inside of a cubicle.Eric Vance Walton
Each day's dawn is a sweet symphony and as long as I hear the music, my dreams will have to die another day.Eric Vance Walton
