Helen Hynson Vettori (pronounced: HELL-lun HIN-suhn Ve-TOR-ee) was born in Washington, DC, and always lived and worked in the National Capital Region. Her knowledge and experiences gained as an EMT/commended paramedic in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Employee of the Year emergency manager in the Department of Homeland Security enables her to write books with credible and thrilling Black Swan plots. A Black Swan event is a catastrophic incident that no one could have foreseen or imagined because of its unprecedented impact. The first two books in her Black Swan Trilogy Thriller Novel Series may be found worldwide. They are Black Swan Impact and Black Swan Shock. The third novel, Black Swan Terror, will be released soon. She lives in Leesburg, VA, with her husband.