Author Biography
Harvey Milk was an elected supervisor of the City and County of San Francisco and was the first openly gay person elected to office in California. In spite of death threats, he supported a wide range of human rights, environmental, labor, and free speech issues across North America. He was assassinated in 1978. In 2009, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. Vince Emery is a researcher, editor, and writer. He has written or edited several books including How to Grow Your Business on the Internet and Lost Stories by Dashiell Hammett. He lives near San Francisco.
