Craig Shirley is the author of the critically acclaimed bes tseller Reagan's Revolution, the first book detailing Reagan's pivotal 1976 challenge to President Gerald Ford in the Republican primaries. Shirley is also president of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, an influential government relations and marketing firm. He has written for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Weekly Standard, among other publications, and in 2005 he was recognised as the outstanding alumnus of Springfield College. Shirley and his wife, Zorine, divide their time between their homes in Alexandria, Virginia, and ""Trickle Down Point"" on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster, Virginia.