Jack Campbell is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of the six books in the original Lost Fleet series (Dauntless, Fearless, Courageous, Valiant, Relentless, and Victorious) as well as the Stark s War series and the Sinclair JAG in Space series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.