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Donald E. McQuinn

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Donald E. McQuinn
OccupationUS Marine
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Notable worksTargets; Warrior; The Prisoner Within

Donald E. McQuinn (born 1930, in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is an American best-selling author,[1] and former U.S. Marine.

McQuinn graduated from high school in Texas, and attended the University of Washington on a Navy scholarship. He served 20 years in the Marines, retiring in 1971 as a major, before becoming an author. He lives in the Pacific Northwest (Normandy Park, Washington)[2] with his wife Carol; they have three grown sons.

In September 1998 he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while on vacation in Hawaii and became the first person saved by the police department's recent deployment of automated external defibrillators.[1]

A third book in the Captain Lannat series was announced by the publisher as "a work in progress",[3] but remains unfinished or unpublished.

Bibliography

  • Targets (set during the Vietnam War), 1980, ISBN 0-02-583710-9
  • Wake in Darkness (set in the Philippines), 1981, ISBN 0-02-583730-3
  • Shadow of Lies (contemporary spy novel), July 1985, ISBN 0-312-93726-1
  • Moondark Saga post-apocalyptic trilogy (published in nine parts in Germany)
    1. Warrior (November 1990), ISBN 0-345-36504-6
    2. Wanderer (November 1993), ISBN 0-345-37840-7
    3. Witch (November 1994), ISBN 0-345-37841-5
  • Captain Lannat science fiction series
    1. With Full Honors (November 1996), ISBN 0-345-40045-3
    2. The Prisoner Within (December 1997), ISBN 0-345-40044-5

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Survivor: Donald McQuinn: Vacationer Saved by Police Officer". Philips.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-05.
  2. ^ "Results matching "Donald McQuinn, WA"". WhitePages.com.
  3. ^ Harris, Ellen Key (September 1997). "Del Rey Internet Newsletter". Random House. Archived from the original on 1997-09-05.

References