
James Stejskal spent thirty-five years as a “Green Beret” and CIA case officer living and conducting operations around the world during the Cold War and after 9/11. He has written five military history books, along with numerous articles, and received accolades for his book Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz. His fiction centers on intelligence and special operations and Dead Hand is the fourth book in his The Snake Eater Chronicles. He lives in northern Virginia with his wife, Wanda.
