Hep Aldridge

Hep Aldridge is a certified scuba diver, cave diver and amateur archaeologist whose main area of interest is Pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas.

He has led or been part of archaeological expeditions to Mexico and Honduras, making discoveries that have been reported in National Geographic Magazine.

Hep’s related interest in space, and space exploration and “things unknown” was fueled by his father who worked for NASA.

While living in New Mexico, he began to question the many strange and unexplained things he saw in the night sky in the mid 60’s, and also developed an interest in lost treasure that has stayed with him his whole life.

The combination of these diverse interests led to the genesis of the Risky Business Chronicles; The Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds Trilogy is the first installment in the series. Book 1: Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds, book 2: Revelations and book 3: Encounter have all been Amazon Best Sellers. His fourth book, "Buried Treasure Lost Worlds: A Search for Aztec Treasure was released August 1st.

Hep is an Air Force veteran and resides on Florida’s Space Coast.