James Bruno is the author of three bestselling political thrillers. He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, in The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, regional NPR and other national and international media. His spy-mob thriller PERMANENT INTERESTS and CHASM, a thriller about war criminals, have landed simultaneously on three Amazon Kindle Bestseller lists, including #1 in Political Fiction and Spy Stories. They were joined by TRIBE, a political thriller centered on Afghanistan. HAVANA QUEEN, an espionage thriller set in Cuba, is due out in early 2013.
Mr. Bruno served as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State for twenty-three years. He previously worked as a military intelligence officer and as a journalist in New York. The author is currently a member of the Diplomatic Readiness Reserve, subject to worldwide duty on short notice. Mr. Bruno holds M.A. degrees from the U.S. Naval War College and Columbia University, and a B.A. from George Washington University.
His assignments have included Cuba, Guantanamo Naval Base (as liaison with the Cuban military), Pakistan/Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Washington, DC. He has spent ample time at the White House and has worked in a presidential protection detail with the Secret Service overseas. He also knows the Pentagon, CIA and other foreign affairs agencies well. Mr. Bruno is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
Based on his experiences, James Bruno's stories possess an authenticity rarely matched in the political thriller genre. If you like taut, suspense-filled thrillers written by someone who has actually been at the center of the action, read James Bruno's books. You will not be disappointed!
