David C. Poyer is a renowned American author, best known for his military/naval thrillers, alternative history, and science fiction novels. He was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania, in 1949 and later graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1971. Poyer served in the U.S. Navy as an officer and reserve captain, with duties in various regions including the Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific, Caribbean, and the Persian Gulf. He retired from the navy in 2001, after which he became a full-time novelist.
Poyer has written nearly fifty books under his own name and the pseudonym David Andreissen. His works span multiple genres, including Navy novels, literary novels, historical thrillers, science fiction, and sailing thrillers. Some of his notable works include "The Med," "The Gulf," "The Circle," "The Passage," "Tomahawk," "China Sea," "Black Storm," "The Command," "The Threat," "Korea Strait," "The Weapon," "The Crisis," "The Towers," "The Cruiser," "Tipping Point," "Hunter Killer," "Deep War," "Overthrow," "Violent Peace," "Arctic Sea," "The Academy," "The Dead of Winter," "Winter in the Heart," "As the Wolf Loves Winter," "Thunder on the Mountain," "White Continent," "Star Seed," "The Shiloh Project," "Stepfather Bank," "Fire on the Waters," "A Country of Our Own," "That Anvil of Our Souls," "Ghosting," and "The Whiteness of the Whale." His work has been published in several countries and translated into various languages, including Japanese, Dutch, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, and Italian. He has also sold rights for films and audiobooks.