TJ Turner is an award-winning novelist, a historian, a research scientist, and a federal agent. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from Cornell University. As a reserve military officer, he served three tours in Afghanistan and was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal (2013 and 2017). Lincoln's Bodyguard, Turner's debut novel and its sequel, Land of Wolves, won the Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Novel, the International Book Award for Historical Fiction, the Best Book Award for Historical Fiction, the Military Writers of America Gold and Silver Medals, and the National Indie Excellence Award for Historical Fiction. His third novel, Angel in the Fog, a prequel, won the National Indie Excellence Award for Historical Fiction. Turner lives in central Ohio, with his wife, Nancy, and three children.