Clive Riddle is a life-long Californian, married and a father of three. At age 26 Riddle became CEO of a regional HMO. After a decade, he went on to found MCOL (www.mcol.com), a leading health care business information company. Riddle has authored a wide variety of health care reference books and business articles. He is a noted speaker at national events regarding key health care business issues. The Z Tailgate is his third novel, preceded by The Burning Z and Dorris Bridge. Get additional information about the author at cliveriddle.com.