Terry McDermott is a former national reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the author of Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception; The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; 101 Theory Drive: The Discovery of Memory; and Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers—Who They Were, Why They Did It. A native of Iowa, he now lives in southern California.