About the Author

T.H.E.Hill served at Field Station Berlin in the mid-1970s, after at tour at Herzo Base in the early 1970s. He is a three-time graduate of The Defense Language Institute (DLIWC) in Monterey, California, the alumni of which are called "Monterey Marys". A collection of his short stories received an award at the 2006 Hollywood Book Festival.

Read an interview with the author at www.SpyWise.net, a website for those interested in all aspects of espionage, run by Dr. Wesley Britton, author of Spy Television, Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film, and Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage. "Our interview is about as intriguing as any reader can ask for," says Britton.

September 2, 2008 is the Berlin Spy Tunnel's 54th Birthday

Fifty-four years ago on September the second, 1954, army engineers began digging the vertical shaft for the CIA's Berlin Spy Tunnel. The tunnel was discovered by the Soviets on 22 April, 1956, after eleven months, eleven days of operation, and people have been talking about it ever since. On the tunnel's birthday, the talk continues on "Dave White Presents" on KSAV radio at 10:300 p.m. (EST)/7:30 p.m. (PST), when Wesley Britton interviews T.H.E. Hill, the author of Voices Under Berlin: The Tale of a Monterey Mary.

You can listen to the interview off-line from the www.KSAV.org archive, which can be found at www.audioentertainment.org, where is is listed as the program of 3 September. The interview runs from about minute 14 to minute 30 of the broadcast.