Michael Cassutt

Michael Cassutt is the coauthor of Deke!, the autobiography of astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, and We Have Capture, the autobiography of astronaut Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford and the author of three editions of Who's Who in Space as well as five space-themed novels and thirty short stories published.

He has contributed numerous articles to Air & Space/Smithsonian and other publications and has appeared as a space history expert in documentaries for the History Channel. As a television writer and producer, Cassutt has been a member of the writing team of a dozen different series, from Twilight Zone to Max Headroom to The Dead Zone.