VJ Books presents Mike Lawson!

Mike Lawson is a political thriller writer.  He was raised in Pueblo, Colorado and earned an engineering degree from Seattle University.  After college, he worked for the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer and spent thirty years working for the Navy’s nuclear power program.  He spent some time in Washington, D.C., but spent most of his career at a large naval shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.  At the shipyard he managed a number of different organizations related to overhauling nuclear powered submarines, cruisers, and aircraft carriers.

He ended his career as a member of the government’s Senior Executive Service and as the top civilian at the shipyard responsible for navy reactor plant work on the West Coast.  Mike says that his former career definitely influences his writing.

Mike currently writes a series about a guy named DeMarco who’s a troubleshooter for a corrupt politician.  In 2004, Mike's first book, The Inside Ring, was published.in 2005, followed by The Second Perimeter in 2006, House Rules in 2008, House Secrets in 2009, House Justice 2010, and House Divided in 2011.

Lawson is also writing a couple of stand-alone novels and screenplays.

Mike is married and lives in the Pacific Northwest.

House Justice Signed First Edition

House Secrets Signed First Edition

House Rules Signed First Edition

House Divided Signed First Edition