Tim McNeese is associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska. Professor McNeese earned an associate of arts degree from York College, a bachelor of arts in history and political science from Harding University, and a master of arts in history from Missouri State University. A prolific author of books for elementary, middle, and high school, and college readers, McNeese has published more than ninety books and educational materials over the past twenty years, on everything from the founding of Jamestown to Spanish painters. His writing has earned him a citation in the library reference work, Contemporary Authors. In 2006, he appeared on the History Channel program Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon.