Carey Henry Keefe grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and received a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. For several years she enjoyed spent writing humorous, personal essays which were
recorded on NPR-affiliated stations.

Keefe now writes narrative non-fiction full time, drawn to research and the telling of compelling historical events and the people behind them. She speaks regularly to groups about the fascinating account profiled in A TIDE OF DREAMS about how the Navy used sports during WWII to train aviators in a revolutionary new training regimen they named Pre-Flight Training. The training, using football, is credited with U.S. troops coming to be known as the toughest in the world during WWII.