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MIKE LAWSON

I was raised in Pueblo, Colorado with a passel of brothers and one sister, then attended college at Seattle University and got a degree in engineering. After college, I went to work for the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer and spent about thirty years working for the Navy’s nuclear power program. I spent some time in Washington D.C., but most of my career was at a large naval shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. At the shipyard I managed a number of different organizations related to overhauling nuclear powered submarines, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. I ended my career as a member of the government’s Senior Executive Service and as the top civilian at the shipyard. The influence of my former career on my writing is discussed briefly in the “Behind the Books” section of this website.

So how’d I go from nuclear engineering to writing? The short answer is I like to write, it’s fun for me, so I tried my hand at it. I tell people that if you want to be a writer you need some talent, a lot of persistence, and a whole lot of luck. In 2004, I got very lucky: a fantastic agent liked The Inside Ring and got me a two-book deal with a publisher. By the end of 2025, I will have published eighteen in my DeMarco series, three in my Kay Hamilton series, and my standalone, Redemption.

Regarding my personal life, let’s just leave at: I’m married, live in the Pacific Northwest, and when I’m not writing, I mostly play golf – or in reality, do whatever my wife tells me to do.

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What the critics say...

Seattle Times

Lawson, a reliably excellent writer, is back with House Rivals . . . As always, Lawson’s plotting is ingenious and his characters memorable.

Seattle Times

inside ring

inside ring

second perimeter

second perimeter

house rules

house rules

house secrets

house secrets

house justice

house justice

house divided

house divided

house blood

house blood

house odds

house odds

house reckoning

house reckoning

houserivals

houserivals

house revenge

house revenge

house witness

house witness

house arrest

house arrest

house priv

house priv

House Standoff

House Standoff

Alligator Alley

Alligator Alley

Kingpin

Kingpin

Ella

Ella

Ella

Ella

rosarito beach

rosarito beach

viking bay

viking bay

k street

k street

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