Robert N. Macomber is an internationally recognized award-winning maritime writer, lecturer, television commentator, and defense consultant. He is a continuing lecturer in the Distinguished Military Author Series at the Center for Army Analysis at Fort Belvoir, near Washington DC, and has presented at the U.S. Southern Command’s Notable Military Author Series, the West Point Society, NATO Headquarters (SHAPE) in Belgium, the U.S. European Command in Germany, and at the Office of Naval Intelligence. Mr. Macomber has been an annual guest author and speaker aboard the Queen Mary 2 since her maiden voyage, as well as aboard Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, and other ultra-luxury liners. He is also a maritime commentator for Florida PBS documentaries. His lectures span 39 various maritime and literary topics.

Mr. Macomber is the author of the acclaimed Honor Series of naval novels, with fans (who call themselves "Wakians"---after his main character, Peter Wake) across North America and Europe. His literary awards include an Outstanding Achievement Award for his non-fiction work on Florida’s maritime history, the Patrick Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel of Florida (At the Edge of Honor), the John Esten Cooke Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction (Point of Honor), and the highest national prize in his genre, the American Library Association’s 2008 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction (A Different Kind of Honor). He is guest author at regional and international book festivals, and was named by Florida Monthly Magazine as one of the 22 Most Intriguing Floridians of 2006 and The Most Intriguing Author. His seventh novel, The Honored Dead, came out in 2009 to rave reviews in the United States and Great Britain, and considerable interest in the film industry.

 

Mr. Macomber's annual book tours travel through the eastern United States. They include several "Reader Rendezvous," where Wakians relax with music, food, and drink--the most famous of which are the huge book launching party (500 fans partying for seven hours) at Pine Island in SW Florida, and the three day event at Key West.

 

Wakians are eagerly awaiting tenth novel in the Honor Series---Honorable Lies---which will come out in October of 2012.

 

Each year, Mr. Macomber travels approximately 15,000 sea miles around the globe giving maritime lectures and researching his novels, including an annual winter lecture tour in the Pacific and an autumn tour in Europe. He is well known for the detailed research and vivid descriptions in his work, even going to the point of making the voyages, visiting the lands, and meeting the cultures he writes about.

 

When not on lecture, research, or book tour journeys, Mr. Macomber lives a quiet life at Twin Palm Cottage by Serenity Bay at Matlacha Island, an old southwest Florida fishing village. He enjoys interacting with readers and welcomes email at macomber@robertmacomber.com.