Quentin Grady was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon receiving a scholarship from the U.S. Navy in 1970, he graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with degrees in computer science and mathematics. Subsequent to that he completed graduate studies in nuclear engineering. He served as a naval officer on nuclear submarines until 1980. After leaving the service, he held several senior management positions in the software industry for companies like Oracle, specializing in utility applications and engineering solutions. Passionate about fiction writing from an early age, he has devoted the last four years towards getting his first five novels published with several more in production. The Mercenaries is the fifth book in the Tales of the Ghost Eagle series. Book 6 is expected to be published in 2018. He lives in Tacoma, Washington