John Ringo

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John Ringo
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Born 22 Mar 1963
Miami-Dade, Florida
Occupation Author
Nationality U.S. Citizen
Genres Science Fiction, Military
Influences Robert Heinlein, Rudyard Kipling
Website http://www.johnringo.com

John Ringo is a popular American science fiction and fantasy author who writes full time. He's had several NYT best sellers and specializes in the subgenre of military science fiction.

Many of his works are action packed and concentrate on SF scenarios that involve small unit actions (special forces) or involve battles integral to the plotting of the works—especially such that utilize a infantry battles and other types of combined arms supporting ground combat. Some of these scenarios are very creative, for example in the Posleen novels Gust Front [1] and Yellow Eyes he postulates US Navy heavy surface combat units—battleships and Heavy Cruisers—specially retrofitted to have an anti-space capability against the foe who controls the skies. These long range up-gunned units then wreck havoc on enemy ground units in lieu of air support.

He is published by Baen Books and hosts a popular web forum "Ringo's Tavern" on the author-to-fan forum Baen's Bar. He is known for his outspoken generally right-wing (political conservative) views, and can often be found wandering science fiction conventions wearing a Utilikilt. He is a music fan featuring "music to read by" song-lists in many of his books (regardless of series) which span classic sixties oldies (The Beatles, etc.) to the New Wave, goth, and Darkwave music genres.


Examples of his works are available on the Baen Free Library.

[edit] Biography

Father: William Ringo
Mother: Jane Ringo
Siblings: Six
Position: Youngest by nine years

Lived: Florida, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Switzerland
Visited: Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Lichtenstein, Holland, England, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong (still a colony), Japan, Bahamas, Canada. (More not mentioned.)

Military Service:

Higher Education: Associate's degree
Secondary civilian qualifications: Advanced SCUBA Diver, Cave Diver

Hobbies: Diving, rock climbing (used to, shoulder's pretty much gone), fishing, reading.

Percentage income from writing: 100%

Favorite Historical Characters: Scipio Africanus, William Slim

Favorite Poem: "The Ballad of Bo Da Thone", by Rudyard Kipling

Favorite Band: The Crüxshadows

Happy Place: The Gulf Stream

Country of Residence: United States

Favorite Personal Quote: From `The Crüxshadows' "Eye of the Storm"[1]


“

I believe in what I fight for
And I have paid for it with pain
I am here because my contributions
May help turn this fate away

And all who stood by and did nothing
Who are they to criticize?
The sacrifices of others
Our blood has bought their lives.

 ”
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[edit] Published works

[edit] Series

[edit] Legacy of the Aldenata series

Also known as the "Posleen Series" and Posleen War Series[2] after the name of invading species besetting and conquering successfully much of Earth
[edit] Main Posleen Series story Line
[edit] Cally's War Spinoff Series
co-written with Julie Cochrane, this series is more cloak and dagger spy genre fiction as the humans strive to overcome the game rigged by the Darhel race which has the rest of the galaxies races in virtual thraldom—except for the Posleen and Humans whom they fear, while they systematically use humans to combat the Posleen while bleeding the humans when and where possible by underhanded clandestine acts to weaken future options of humanity.
[edit] Other (related) books

[edit] Empire of Man series

Also known as the "Prince Roger Series"
   co-written with David Weber, with multiple books still under contract
  1. March Upcountry (ISBN 0-671-31985-X) free online edition
  2. March to the Sea (ISBN 0-671-31826-8) free online edition
  3. March to the Stars (ISBN 0-7434-3562-1) free online edition
  4. We Few (ISBN 0-7434-9881-X)(2005) (read online)

[edit] The Council Wars fantasy series

[edit] Paladin of Shadows series

genre: Contemporary era techno-thrillers, much like Tom Clancy's works with less politics and a closer to the ground level and action focus.
  1. Ghost (ISBN 1-4165-0905-4)
  2. Kildar (ISBN 1-4165-2064-3)
  3. Choosers of the Slain (ISBN 1-4165-2070-8)
  4. Unto the Breach (ISBN 1-4165-0940-2)
  5. A Deeper Blue (ISBN 1-4165-2128-3)

[edit] Voyage of the Space Bubble series

(tentative name)

[edit] Non-series novels

[edit] Short stories

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ringo, web site and other postings, also: various novels reference the band and the song.
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Hymn-Before-Battle-Posleen-War/dp/1416533214/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2246223-0903259?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183474974&sr=1-1 Amazon.com listing]

[edit] External links

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