| Gary W. Moore | |
| Birth Name: | Gary Warren Moore |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1954[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kankakee, Illinois US |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Occupation: | Author / Speaker |
| Notableworks: | Playing with the Enemy |
Playing With the Enemy by Gary W. Moore is a historical fiction book about Gene Moore, the author's father, whose professional baseball career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was interrupted by World War II. The title comes from the elder Moore's time as a guard in a top-secret prisoner of war camp that was holding the crew of a U-boat 505, a captured German submarine.[3] The book was the winner of the 2006 Military Writers Society of America Book of the Year.[4]
Gary Moore was an American speaker, award-winning author, business leader and musician. Moore was married to Arlene Moore (for 46 years), with their three children Toby, Tara Beth and Travis.[5] Gary has been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, Impromptu Magazine and Southwest Airlines' Spirit Magazine, and was named the 1995 Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year. In 1996, he was awarded the honorable Sam Walton Leadership Award and has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.[6]