Thomas Gnau is business team lead for the Dayton Daily News, covering business and military affairs. He grew up in a U.S. Navy family, living in two countries and five states before his 16th birthday. He graduated from Chaminade-Julienne High School and Wright State University. A Kettering resident, he is married to a teacher; he and his wife have a son and two daughters. When he's not writing, he's playing guitar or reading.