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 a variety of professional organizations relating to his former real estate career; and 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, a 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. 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.
