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Michael Seeley writes historical fiction, often with a military/legal flair, as he’s a lieutenant and lawyer in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. His first novel, The Faith, is the opening to a Ruritanian-style (google it!) historical fiction trilogy on revolution and religious extremism. He’s currently working on the conclusion to that Uprising trilogy and a novel about ancient Greece. His other published works include a novella about a scandalous Nelson-navy court-martial in The Long Story, and pieces printed by the U.S. Naval Institute, and the Napoleonic Historical Society.

Growing up in the Midwest, Michael fell in love with the diversity of travel, studied aboard in college, and joined the Navy to see the world after law school. Stationed in Japan, he did just that during leave and port-calls. He currently lives with his wife and two unhinged Japanese cats on Whidbey Island, WA where he enjoys fencing, hiking, and good porters. 



Family
My patient, brilliant wife is Mandy. She's a human figure printmaking artist and passionate non-profit worker helping to solve unemployment. We met first in middle school (our home towns in Iowa are 45 minutes apart) but didn't date until we met again in college at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD. We got married and have been bothering each other (and our cats) since.


Navy Career
I attended the University of Nebraska College of Law in Lincoln, NE. My great-grandpa, grandpa, and uncle all served as pilots in the Navy, and my dad worked as a civil engineer for the Navy. Military service and the ocean were in my blood, so I commissioned into the U.S. Navy JAG Corps in 2015 and came on active duty on September 11, 2016. After initial training in Newport, RI, I was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan, just south of Tokyo. During my tour, I also deployed with Commander, Amphibious Squadron ELEVEN out of Sasebo, Japan, enforcing anti-smuggling UN Security Council Resolutions, international maritime law, and conducting typhoon relief in Guam and the Marianas. I'm currently stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, WA.







Favorite Authors and My Bookshelves
I always love getting a peak at others' bookshelves. Here's ours. As to favorite authors, in no particular order: Steven Pressfield, Joe Abercrombie, Nathan Lowell, Mary Renault, Arturo Perez Reverte, Gillian Flynn, Anthony Hope, Alexandre Dumas, Tim O'Brien, Brian Turner, Elisabeth Kostova, John Grisham, Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott Lynch, Patrick O'Brian, Elisabeth Wein, James Clavell, J.K. Rowling, James Herriot, Henry Chancellor, Jay Worall, Barry Eisler, Karl Marlantes, Mary Doria Russell, Shusaku Endo, and Richard K. Morgan.





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