Author Biography
Greg was born in Santa Ana, California in 1985. He developed an interest in the military at a young age, particularly with military aviation, likely spawned from watching the Blue Angels perform at a local air show. He spent much of his childhood assembling increasingly realistic airplanes and helicopters from his expansive collection of Lego bricks. He eventually arranged battles between opposing air forces, creating back-stories and plots in his head that he eventually had to write down to keep them all straight. This sparked two passions which he hopes will define his future career: designing and testing military aircraft and weapons systems, and writing military and espionage action/adventure fiction. He read novels by Alistair MacLean, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Dale Brown and Michael Crichton, and developed his own writing style to imitate elements from each of his favorite authors. MacLean's deep, relatable characters; Cussler's globe-trotting adventure spirit and heroic protagonists; Clancy's attention to detail and unflinching approach to backroom political scenes; Brown's ripped-from-tomorrow's-headlines storylines and near-future look at military hardware; Crichton's intensely-paced plots and depth of research. He has also read countless books on military history, Middle East history, American history, current events, aircraft design and development, and reference guides on everything from handguns to Soviet experimental aircraft. Greg applied to several different engineering schools and applied to the Navy and Air Force ROTC programs to help pay for his tuition, but in 2004 he accepted a full-tuition scholarship offer from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. During his freshman year there he started writing his first book: Nuclear Hornet. In addition to his core Mechanical Engineering courses, he took several humanities courses on topics ranging from the History of the Middle East to Literature of Mass Violence to the History of Materialism. On his way to graduating in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering he spent three terms totaling one year as a co-op intern for several different companies, including a summer as a test engineer for the US Navy. Greg now lives in Orange, CA. He continues his career as a test engineer and is also a part-time associate with a financial planning company. He volunteers as a senior docent for a local air museum, and continues to develop his writing.
