George Galdorisi is a highly accomplished career naval aviator and author, with over thirty years of active duty service in the United States Navy. He has had a diverse and distinguished military career, including five years as a chief of staff of a carrier strike group, four command tours, and three years leading America's delegation for military talks with China's Navy. His rich military experience and expertise are reflected in his successful writing career.
Galdorisi's writing journey began in 1978 with an article published in US Naval Institute Proceedings. He has since written over 400 articles in professional journals and other media, as well as twelve books distributed by mainstream publishers. He is best known for his Rick Holden thriller series and his work on the Tom Clancy Presents series. His recent publications with Braveship Books, The Coronado Conspiracy and For Duty and Honor, have been well-received, adding to his growing list of successful thrillers.
In addition to his thrillers, Galdorisi has co-authored New York Times bestsellers, including Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor and several books in the rebooted Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series. He has also received numerous national and international writing awards, including the Navy League of the United States Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement and the U.S. Naval Institute General Prize Essay Contest.
Currently, Galdorisi is the Director of Strategic Futures and Technical Assessments at the Navy's Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego, California. He is passionate about writing and considers it the ultimate "flow" experience. When he is not writing, he enjoys connecting with his readers through social media platforms and his website.
Rick Holden Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Coronado Conspiracy
1998
2
For Duty and Honor
2000
Tom Clancy's Op-Center Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Op-Center
1995
2
Mirror Image
1995
3
Games of State
1996
4
Acts of War
1996
5
Balance of Power
1998
6
State of Siege
1999
7
Divide and Conquer
2000
8
Line of Control
2001
9
Mission of Honor
2002
10
Sea of Fire
2003
11
Call to Treason
2004
12
War of Eagles
2005
13
Out of the Ashes
2014
14
Into the Fire
2015
15
Scorched Earth
2016
16
Dark Zone
2017
17
For Honor
2018
18
Sting of the Wasp
2019
19
God of War
2020
20
The Black Order
2021
21
Call of Duty
2022
22
Fallout
2023
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
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1
Act of Valor
2012
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Leave No Man Behind
2008
2
The Kissing Sailor
2012
3
When the Killer Man Comes
2018
4
AI at War: How Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Are Changing Naval Warfare