Ed Mitchell was a foster child who later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He went on to be an Airborne Infantry Ranger, a RAND Corporation Fellow, an aerospace systems engineer, and a community activist fighting to protect water resources in California. Along the way, Ed became a national award-winning author by weaving his real-world experiences from foxhole to space into his contemporary adventure/thriller series.From private to Lieutenant Colonel, Ed served in Airborne, Air Cavalry, Armor, and Mechanized Infantry units, including guarding the DMZ in Korea and protecting nuclear weapons. Prior to the 1st war in Iraq, as the Space-Ground Combat Analyst for U.S.

Joint Space Command, he fought that war in a simulator for the command. Additionally, he spent years working National Missile Defense R&D. Ed helped develop the prototype command launch center for the Army's Strategic Missile Defense units now deployed. Later, as a civilian Payload Integration Manager, he helped develop and test NMD kill vehicles. As a writer, he is proud of being a year-1 founding member of the International Thriller Writers Organization.