L. J. Martin is the author of over 50 fiction and non-fiction books, dozens of magazine and newspaper articles, and the producer of over 120 videos. He's a co-publisher of 400 plus books as Wolfpack Publishing of which he’s now a former co-owner. He's a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and formerly a variety of professional organizations relating to his real estate career; and currently a member of Western Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. His belief in America and the free enterprise system was fostered through a half-century business career, much of which was spent in real estate as a licensed California broker, appraiser, and general contractor. Prior to retiring from that endeavor—his last year involved over one hundred million dollars in transactions—his career included owning and co-owning a number of small businesses with up to eighty employees. He lives in Montana with his wife, an NYT bestselling author of 75 novels--mostly romantic suspense--and winters in Ventura, CA. When not writing and extoling the virtues of self-reliance, he's hunting, fishing, cooking, gardening, travelling with his cameras, or enjoying his children and grandchildren. Book cover design is one of his loves and he’s done over 400 for other authors. He's a cook, having been one for both vocation and avocation, and a top restaurant reviewer on internet sites. The Martins have travelled a good part of the world, for both pleasure and research, and have most recently returned from Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Holland and Estonia, followed by a trip to Holland and Belgium. In 2019 it’s England, the coast of France, northern Spain, Lisbon, then interior Spain including a self-driving tour. Writing is his vocation and politics and trying to maintain America as the go-to country in the world, and America’s freedom and self-reliance for you, your children, and your grandchildren, is his avocation and driving passion. His books can be found at www.ljmartin.com. From a latch key kid raised in a broken home in county housing, to a degree of financial comfort, he knows America is exceptional and the land of opportunity.
