A retired police officer, Josh Hayes is the author of the Valor Trilogy, the Tranquility series w/ Devon C Ford, Stryker’s War (Galaxy’s Edge), and The Terra Nova Chronicles w/ Richard Fox, along with numerous short stories.

His debut solo novel, Edge of Valor, was a finalist for the 2020 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel.

Ever since he watched his first Star Trek episode (TNG not OS), Josh has loved science fiction. Watching it, reading it, and writing it. He grew up a military brat, affording him the opportunity to meet several different types of people, in multiple states and foreign countries. After graduating high school, he joined the United States Air Force and served for six years, before leaving military life to work in law enforcement. During his time with the Wichita Police Department, Josh served as a patrol officer, bicycle unit, community policing officer, and was an assistant bomb technician on the Bomb Squad.

His experiences in both his military life and police life have given him unique glimpses into the lives of people around him and it shows through in the characters he creates.

Josh is also the creator and president of Keystroke Medium, a popular YouTube show and podcast focused on the craft of writing. For the best author interviews, news, and craft discussion on the internet today, visit www.keystrokemedium.com or subscribe to their YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium.

When Josh is not writing, he spends his time with his four children and his wife, Jamie.

You can find out more about Josh and his writing at www.joshhayeswriter.com and join his fan club on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/joshhayes

TRANQUILITY

- Blood and Steel

- Battle Lines

- Warfighter (Coming Soon)

THE VALOR TRILOGY

- Edge of Valor

- Echoes of Valor

- Enemy of Valor

GALAXY'S EDGE: ORDER OF THE CENTURION

- Stryker's War

THE TERRA NOVA CHRONICLES

- Terra Nova

- Bloodlines

- Wings of Redemption

- Hale's War

ANTHOLOGIES

- Battle Luna

- We Dare

- Hope is Not a Strategy

- Backblast Area Clear

- Explorations: Through the Wormhole

- Explorations: First Contact

- Explorations: War

- For A Few Credits More

- It's A Bird! It's A Plane!

- Mostly Murder: Till Death

- Question of the Day

Devon C Ford's inaugural series, After It Happened, throws a different spin on the collapse of society being set in the UK.

Other works include a futuristic dystopian setting in the Defiance series, WW3 post-apocalyptic in The Fall, 1980's genre Zombie apocalypse in Toy Soldiers and New Earth: ARC; a sci-fi/post apoc story. Late 2018 saw the launch of a military sci-fi series, Expansion. 2020 saw the launch of collaborative projects including the hit series, Rise and Tranquility.

Future post apocalyptic series saw the return of RC Bray narration in Wasteland, and announcement of collaboration to write in Joshua Gayou's Commune series were announced for 2022.

He spent a career in public services as a prison officer and police officer, undertaking many roles until he took up writing and editing full time in 2016.