Biography of Author James A. Martin

Author James A. Martin was raised on a dairy farm in southern Michigan. He joined the Eaton County Sheriff Department in Charlotte Michigan in July 1974. In 1999 James A. Martin retired from the Sheriff Department to begin work as an Independent Contractor. James signed a contract with an American company. That contract took James Martin to East Timor where he worked with the United Nations for five years.

Upon completion of the East Timor mission James returned to the United States for a few months before signing a contract with a different American company. The following three years Martin served three tours of duty in Iraq. James is currently serving as an instructor teaching others to go to war and do what he has done in his past.

Author James A. Martin has captured his experiences first as a police officer and later as an independent contractor in his Guns for Hire series. Guns for Hire, Red Zone Run: Mosul is a fictional story about a personal security officer stationed in Iraq. This was the first book released in the Guns for Hire series, although chronologically it is the last book. James A. Martin's guns for Hire: Code Name: White Buffalo was the second to be released in the series. It describes Marint's experiences in Timor. The next book to be released in the series is Guns for Hire: Shades of Gray, which details James A. Martin's life as a police officer. Although all of the books are written as fiction, they are based on Martin's life.