James L. Nelson

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James L. Nelson
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
SpouseLisa Nelson
ChildrenElizabeth, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Abigail
Website
www.jameslnelson.com

James L. Nelson (born 1962) is an American

historical nautical novelist
.

Early life

Nelson was born in

UCLA, with the ambition of becoming a film director. After living in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, Nelson found work aboard the Golden Hinde, where he met future wife Lisa Page.[2] In 1992, Nelson completed his first novel, By Force of Arms.[3] He and Lisa were married the next year. Nelson currently lives in Harpswell, Maine, with Lisa and their four children, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Jonathan, and Abigail.[4]
Nelson continues to write full-time, and has published over twenty-five books, both fiction and nonfiction.

Awards

Nelson received the

W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2004 for his novel, Glory In The Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy.[5]

He won the 2009 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature for George Washington's Secret Navy.[6][7]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Revolution at Sea Saga
    series
  1. By Force of Arms (1997),
  2. The Maddest Idea (1997),
  3. The Continental Risque (1998),
  4. Lords of the Ocean (1999),
  5. All the Brave Fellows (2001),
  1. The Guardship (2000), Spanish edition published by Ediciones B as "El vigía" in 2004.
  2. The Blackbirder (2001), Spanish edition published by Ediciones B as "El negrero" in 2005.
  3. The Pirate Round (2002), Spanish edition published by Ediciones B as "La ronda del pirata" in 2007.
  1. Glory in the Name (2004),
  2. Thieves of Mercy (2005),
  1. Fin Gall (2013)
  2. Dubh-Linn (2014)
  3. The Lord of Vik-lo (2015)
  4. Glendalough Fair (2015)
  5. Night Wolf (2016)
  6. Raider's Wake (2017)
  7. Loch Garman (2017)
  8. A Vengeful Wind (2018)
  9. Kings and Pawns (2019)
  10. The Midgard Serpent (2020)

Non-fiction

References

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