Ed Mitchell was a foster child who later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He went on to be an Airborne Infantry Ranger, a RAND Corporation Fellow, an aerospace systems engineer, and a community activist fighting to protect water resources in California. By weaving his real-world experiences from foxhole to space into his adventure/thrillers, Ed became a national award-winning author for Best Fiction, an Amazon #1 Bestseller, and Bronze winner of the Global Book Awards for self-published historical fiction. As a writer, he is proud of being a charter-founding member of the International Thriller Writers Organization.
From private to Lieutenant Colonel, Ed served in Airborne, Air Cavalry, Armor, and Mechanized Infantry units, including guarding the DMZ in Korea and protecting nuclear weapons. Prior to the 1st war in Iraq, as the Space-Ground Combat Analyst for U.S. Joint Space Command, Ed fought that war in a simulator and analyzed the results for the command. Additionally, he spent years working on National Missile Defense and Homeland Security research and development. Ed helped develop the prototype command launch center for the Army’s Strategic Missile Defense units in Alaska and California. Later, as a civilian Payload Integration Manager, he helped develop and test NMD kill vehicles for Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Ed learned about personal challenges, military operations, and government research and development while honing his writing skills as he progressed through the following major life/career events:
Turn-key child sent to juvenile hall (jail) and later a foster child on welfare living on a dairy farm.
West Point graduate.
Army Airborne Infantry Ranger serving overseas in Alaska and Korea.
Provided security for nuclear weapon sites.
Married, divorced and remarried.
Graduated from the Defense Department’s Program Management school.
Performed program management within President Reagan’s “Star Wars” program.
Selected as a RAND Fellow to work a year at the RAND Corporation, where he authored a historical text about the Army’s history in Space.
Served in the Joint U.S. Space Command before and during Desert Shield.
Space-Ground Combat Analyst of Army operations who predicted and fought the first Iraq war in a computer simulation, 12 months before hostile operations began.
Aerospace Engineer/Manager participating in launches of interceptor missiles during National Missile Defense tests.
Consulted to Defense Industry companies, and directly helped win $5B in government sales.
Authored the first non-Steinbeck novel accepted into the National Steinbeck Center’s resource library in Salinas, CA.
Operator of the Jan and Ed Mitchell Horse sanctuary for 15 years.
Volunteer community activist who worked to protect neighborhood quality of life and the Salad Bowl of America against corrupt government officials and greedy corporations.
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