Ward Larsen was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. After graduation from the University of Central Florida, he spent seven years flying fighters in the United States Air Force, including twenty-two missions in Operation Desert Storm. A trained aircraft accident investigator, he attended the U.S. Air Force Flying Safety Officer Course, and since leaving the military he has served as an airline captain and federal law enforcement officer. His novels have won numerous awards, including three Florida Book Awards, the Royal Palm Literary Award, ForeWord Book of the Year Award, and Military Writers Association of America’s Gold Medal for Fiction. His first book, The Perfect Assassin, is in pre-production as a motion picture with Amber Entertainment and SND/M6 Films.
Passenger 19 is third in the Jammer Davis series, following Fly by Wire and Fly by Night, and his sixth thriller, all of which have been best-sellers. Larsen has been called “an author to watch” by both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. An avid scuba diver, he lives in Sarasota, Florida.