#1 Best-selling author,
screenwriter, and video game developer
Jim's latest nonfiction book, West Like Lightning, explores the history and legends of the Pony Express and the Old West, while painting a portrait of America on the eve of the Civil War.
Some interviews with NPR, NYT, CSPAN, et al
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Whether as a novelist in works such as Leopards Kill, or a biographer whose work on Omar Bradley is the only full-length critical account of the general's life, Jim DeFelice has earned a reputation as one of the most entertaining and thoughtful popular writers of our time.
Perhaps best-known for his work with Chris Kyle on American Sniper, Jim has written over fifty books. Among his fifteen NY Times best-sellers are techno-thrillers, a story anthology, and several works of nonfiction.