Eliot Kleinberg, a Florida native, has written nine books, all of them focusing on Florida. He is a member of the Florida, South Florida and Palm Beach County historical societies. He was born in Coral Gables in 1956, graduated the Miami-area public schools in 1974, and received two degrees from the University of Florida. His career as a radio and television reporter and editor, from 1979 to 1984, included work in Miami and at the Cable News Network. He was a reporter for The Dallas Morning News from 1984 until 1987, when he returned to Florida. Since then, he has been a news and features writer for the Palm Beach Post. He lives at Casa Floridiana in Boca Raton with his wife and two sons.