William Craig Reed is the author of several award-winning non-fiction books including Spies of the Deep (Post Hill Press, 2020), The Seven Secrets of Neuron-Leadership (Wiley, 2017), and the critically acclaimed Red November (HarperCollins, 2010). Also, Status-6: An NCIS Special Ops Thriller (Post Hill Press, 2020) and The Eagle and the Snake: A SEAL Team Six Interactive Thriller (Diversion, 2012). Reed is the co-author of Tarzan, My Father (ECW Press, 2002) with the late Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. and served as a U.S. Navy qualified submariner, SpecOp photographer, and submarine diver.* He earned commendations for completing secret missions during the Cold War, some in concert with SEAL Team 1, and is one of only a few authors invited by the U.S. Navy to observe Ice Exercise (ICEX) submarine operations in the Arctic and submerge beneath the ice. Reed is an alumnus or member of numerous military, veteran, and technology associations, allowing him to reach an audience of millions.
Reed holds an MBA in Marketing and was a former vice president and board director for the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association. He founded two software companies and developed the BRAINSCORE86™ Personality Profiler that uses neuroscience to determine someone’s personality profile (more accurate and revealing than Myers-Briggs) and match that against another person to provide a comprehensive guide that helps improve personal and professional relationships and build better teams. In his rare spare time, Reed likes to mountain bike, hike, golf, travel, and scuba dive. He is also a co-founder of the Us4Warriors Veterans Foundation, honored as San Diego County’s Veterans Non-Profit of the Year in 2016. Proceeds from Reed’s books help support this foundation.
*70 mm (periscope), 35 mm (periscope and underwater) fast-attack submarine Special Operations (SpecOp) photographic missions, NEC 5345 scuba/submarine diver operations and TDA as Mass Comm to support Navy SEAL SDV and other operations.
