Walt Gragg
Author Interview - Walt Gragg
Author I draw inspiration from: Uris, Clavell, Michener
Author Interview - Walt Gragg
Favorite place to read a book: Home
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Yossarian (Catch 22)
Author Interview - Walt Gragg
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: After a particularly difficult day at work
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback, ebook, audiobook
The last book I read: A couple by unpublished authors looking for help
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: Retired
Favorite decade in fashion history: 70's
Place I’d most like to travel: Egypt
My signature drink: Frozen Margarita
Favorite artist: Phil Collins
Number one on my bucket list: Having one of my novels make the NY Times Bestseller list
Find more from the author:
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Author Bio: Walt Gragg lives in Austin, Texas. He is a retired attorney and former Texas State Prosecutor.
Prior to law school, he spent a number of years in the military. His time with the Army involved many interesting assignments including three years in the middle of the first Cold War serving at United States European Command Headquarters in Germany where the idea for his first novel THE RED LINE took shape.
Walt is the 14th Annual American BookFest Best Book Award Winner for best thriller and was a finalist for the prestigious International Thriller Writers Best First Novel.
His second novel the critically acclaimed THE CHOSEN ONE was released on November 19th. The Providence Journal had this to say about it. "The book imagines a nightmare scenario in the Middle East in which an actual army led by a murderous Islamic fundamentalist is on the march through friendly Arab states. America’s tit-for-tat military response unfolds from the perspective of Marine Lt. Sam Erickson, who has staged an amphibious landing from the Mediterranean. As the missiles and bombs fly, Erickson slogs through the front lines where the war will be won or lost.
What follows is military writing at its level best, making Gragg the chosen one in his own right when it comes to this kind of tale. But his follow-up to “The Red Line” presents war from a literary sensibility more like James Jones (“From Here to Eternity”) or Herman Wouk (“The Winds of War”), making this a must-read for all military thriller fans."
He is presently working on a follow-up to The Chosen One that is already under contract to the Berkley Publishing Group at Penguin Random House.
Author Interview - Walt Gragg
