Ted Russ is a writer living in the Carolina mountains with his wife, Anna, their dogs, Charlie and Ripple, and a bunch of chickens and bees.

In a distant prior life, he served as an army officer after graduating from West Point, leaving the military in 2000 with experience as a special operations helicopter pilot and a philosophy degree.

Possessing no marketable skills, he went back to school and got an MBA. The next 25 years took him through startups and Fortune 500s, expat assignments, general management, sales, and M&A.

He discovered writing late, published his first novel in 2016, and has been trying to make a living at it ever since. His novels — military thrillers and near-future sci-fi — ask hard questions about loyalty, duty, and good people in impossible situations.