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.
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