Author

James L. Nelson

26 books, mostly historical fiction, for Tantor Audio and Blackstone Publishing, 2015–2025

James L. Nelson (born 1962) is an American author of historical maritime fiction and naval history. He began publishing in the 1990s and has written more than twenty-five fiction and nonfiction books, including the Revolution at Sea, Brethren of the Coast, Civil War at Sea, Norsemen Saga, and Blood, Steel, and Empire series. His work has earned the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction and the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.