STEVEN KONKOLY IS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MORE THAN TWENTY THRILLER NOVELS.

Scan 131310001Steven graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1993, receiving a bachelor of science in English literature.

He served the next eight years on active duty, traveling the world as a naval officer assigned to various Navy and Marine Corps units. His extensive journey spanned the globe, including a two-year tour of duty in Japan and travel to more than twenty countries throughout Asia and the Middle East.

From enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq as a maritime boarding officer in the Arabian Gulf, to directing aircraft bombing runs and naval gunfire strikes as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) assigned to a specialized Marine Corps unit, Steven’s “in-house” experience with a wide range of regular and elite military units brings a unique authenticity to his thrillers.

He still wakes up at “zero dark thirty” to write for most of the day. When “off duty,” he spends as much time as possible outdoors or traveling with his family–and dog.

He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) organizations.

  • Search and seizure ops in Arabian Gulf
  • Sailing on Casco Bay, Maine
  • Old office
  • A little precision shooting
  • Camp Pendleton range
  • Ready for static line, combat equipment jump
  • ANGLICO days
  • Alaska cruise
  • Tidal river Scarborough, Maine
  • I’ll let you guess what BOTT means
  • Volcano eruption in Iceland
  • Stockholm researching novel
  • Anchored somewhere off the Maine coast
  • Cleaned up a bit