<b>J.T. Brannan</b> is the author of the Amazon bestselling political thriller series featuring Mark Cole (NEVER SAY DIE, BEYOND ALL LIMITS, WHATEVER THE COST and STOP AT NOTHING), as well as the high-concept thrillers ORIGIN (translated into eight languages in over thirty territories) and EXTINCTION (his latest all-action novel from Headline Publishing), in addition to the sci-fi action short story DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS.<br/>Trained as a British Army officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before deciding to pursue a writing career, he is a former national Karate champion and bouncer.<br/>He now writes full-time, and teaches martial arts in Harrogate, in the North of England, where he lives with his wife and two young children.<br/>He is currently working on the next novel in the bestselling Mark Cole series, as well as further books in the all-new Colt Ryder series.