Tom Kratman
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| Tom Kratman | |
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| Born | September 4, 1956 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Boston College |
| Genres | Science fiction |
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Tom Kratman is a United States science fiction author specializing in the subgenre of military science fiction.
His works are published by Baen.
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[edit] Biography
Kratman was born in Boston, where he attended Boston Latin before enlisting, aged 17, in the US Army. He served with the 101st Airborne Division and in Panama with the 193rd Infantry Brigade. He then went to Boston College on an Army scholarship. Following his graduation Kratman was commissioned as an officer in 1980 whereupon he spent three more years in Panama followed by a four year stint with the 24th Infantry Division. He was then part of the United States Army Recruiting Command, before serving with the 5th Special Forces Group during the Gulf War.
Kratman left the regular army in 1992, and went to law school. He earned his juris doctorate in 1995, but remained a member of the United States Army Reserve and also worked for MPRI. He was recalled to the Army in 2003 for the Iraq War but was found to have a problem with his heart. He then spent time at the U.S. Army War College as Director, Rule of Law, for the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute.
He retired in 2006 as a Lieutenant Colonel and became a full time author. He is married to a woman he met in Panama, and has three children and three grandchildren.[1]
[edit] Published works
[edit] Stand Alone Novels
- A State of Disobedience (December 2003) (ISBN 0-74347-170-1)[2]
- Caliphate (April 2008) (ISBN 1-41655-545-5) free download
[edit] Series
- Watch on the Rhine (August 2005, with John Ringo) (ISBN 0-74349-918-7)
- Yellow Eyes (April 2007, with John Ringo) (ISBN 1-41652-103-8)
- The Tuloriad (October 2009, with John Ringo) (ISBN 1-43913-304-0)
- A Desert Called Peace
- A Desert Called Peace (September 2007) (ISBN 1-4165-2145-3) free download
- Carnifex (November 2007) (ISBN 1-4165-7383-6) sample chapters
- The Lotus Eaters (April 2010) (ISBN 1-4391-3346-8) sample chapters
- The Amazon Legion (April 2011) (ISBN 1-4391-3426-X) sample chapters
- Countdown
- The Liberators (February 2011) (ISBN 1-4391-3402-2) sample chapters
- M Day (September 2011) (ISBN 1-4391-3464-2)
- H Hour (forthcoming 2012)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- [1] Caliphate, at baen books, free to read online
- [2] A desert called peace, at baen books free to read online
- TomKratman.com
- El Legion del Cid wiki for the A Desert Called Peace series
- Tom Kratman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Tom Kratman at Webscriptions.net
