John Ringo
John Ringo is a New York Times bestselling author of science fiction
and thriller novels with over one million novels in print.
John had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time
he graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of
the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign
food.
The author chose to study marine biology and really liked it.
Unfortunately the pay is for beans. So he turned to database management
where the pay was much better. His highest hopes were to someday upgrade
to SQL Server at which point, he thought, his life would be complete.
But then Fate took a hand: John became a professional science fiction
writer and since his publisher assured him that all science fiction
authors became immensely successful, he was given the standard “rich and
famous” contract. Somewhat confused by the fine print, he nonetheless
signed in blood.
Since that fateful day, he has published numerous science fiction novels
at a rate that amazed and offended his publisher, who hadn’t intended
him to get that rich and famous. With over a million copies in print, he
also has done stints as an op-ed writer for the New York Post and a
guest commentator for Fox News, thus ensuring the loss of what little
soul was left.
With his younger years spent in the Airborne, cave diving,
rock-climbing, rappelling, hunting, spear-fishing, and sailing, the
author is now happy to let other people risk their necks. He prefers to
read, and of course write, science fiction, hang out in cigar bars, and
look for new ways to pledge his remaining bits of soul. He’s
thinking… Hollywood … They won’t care if it’s
tarnished…
John authored
A Deeper Blue,
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Council Wars),
Unto the Breach,
The Last Centurion,
Hell’s Faire (Posleen War Series #4),
Gust Front (Posleen War Series #2),
Ghost (Paladin of Shadows, Book 1),
Kildar (The Ghost),
When the Devil Dances (Posleen War Series #3), and
Against the Tide (Council Wars),
and
coauthored
Manxome Foe,
Sister Time (Posleen War Series #9),
Vorpal Blade (Looking Glass),
Claws That Catch (Looking Glass),
Honor of the Clan (The Posleen War),
Yellow Eyes (Posleen War Series #8),
March to the Sea (March Upcountry), and
Von Neumann’s War.
Read the
full list of his novels!
His op-eds and essays include
Shock and Awe,
Close Air Support Rocks!,
It’s called a Bug Hunt,
INS Insanity,
I Remember,
Operation Infinite Britney,
In Israel, You’d Be Dead,
Clueless,
Choose Wisely,
Not Another Quagmire,
Illiteracy and History,
Chivalry,
It says WHAT?, and
Oil Change.
Read more of his
op-eds and
essays.
His military awards earned while serving with the
82nd Airborne Division
include
Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal,
Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Grenada), Desert
Storm Medal, Cold War Victory Medal, and National Defense Service Medal.