Z.D. Dean focuses on writing action-packed and funny military science fiction. As a combat veteran and graduate of the United States Military Academy, the military strategy and hardships of military operations are portrayed authentically. Although the times and locations in his books may be far from the here and now, anyone familiar with the military will recognize the perspectives and tactics.
I am a graduate of the United States Military Academy and a combat veteran from both Iraq and Afghanistan. I have always been curious about science, space, and the unknown, and thus began my delve into science fiction at a young age.
After separating from the military due to injury, I went back to school to have the knowledge to start my own company. On a break between classes one day, I overheard two gentlemen discussing how they had been working on their own book for over three years and were only ten pages in. As a book-a-day reader, I asked myself if I thought I could write my own.
Ten months later I completed Stowaway, the first book in my maiden series. Realizing that writing was a wonderful way to help me focus and feel accomplished, I started on a second project. Having left the book lying around in my brewery, customers began beating me up about publishing the story.
Two years and two more books later, it is time to take myself a little more seriously as a writer.