L. J. Martin

L. J. Martin spent the last few months as writer/director/co-producer on the feature film EYE FOR EYE, staring 300 film vet John Savage, international beauty and actress Blanca Blanco and Montana's favorite son and balladeer Shane Clouse. L. J. is the author of over 68 book length works from such major NY publishers as Bantam, Avon, and Pinnacle. His works of fiction include westerns, thrillers, mysteries, and historicals; and of non-fiction a book on killing cancer (he’s a two time cancer survivor), two cookbooks, two how-to books on writing, a book of cartoons, and a political thesis. He's also a publisher. A co-founder of Wolfpack Publishing LLC, with over 400 books published prior to his selling out, now over 2000 books of all genres on the market in both print and eBook. L.J. has had a varied past having been a wrangler, camp cook, draftsman, water company manager, sailor (his own ketch), printer, real estate broker (specializing in farms and ranches) and developer, appraiser and contractor.

His avocations include photography (with over 120 videos on , with over one million views, search: ljmartinwolfpack. Video productions on cooking (see ), travel, gardening, shooting, fishing and hunting. L. J. lives in Montana with his wife, Kat, an NYT bestselling internationally published author of over 75 historical and romantic suspense novels. He has three sons in the Pacific North West, and eight grandchildren. When not writing, the Martin’s travel extensively, both stateside and abroad, gaining new material, making new friends, and enjoying this great world. They live in Montana in the shadow of that state’s beautiful Sapphire Mountains, on a small ranch with the two million acre Lolo National Forest as their backyard, and winter in Prescott, Arizona.

L. J. is a member of The Society of Professional Journalists, Mystery Writers of America, Western Writers of America, Western Fictioneers, and International Thriller Writers. Accomplished in Western History, he’s available as a speaker on that subject and writing (see his Write Compelling Fiction), and has spoken and given seminars at several writer’s conferences. Among them Pike's Peak Writer's Conference, Fresno Writer's Conference, Romance Writer's of America, Bakersfield Writer's Conference, RT Book Reviews Conference and others, as well as presenting at International Thriller Writers, Western Writer's of America and many more. More about the Martin’s on ljmartin, wolfpackranch, and katmartin, (all .com). Or on facebook as L. J. Martin, Larry J. Martin, The Kitchen at Wolfpack Ranch, From The Pea Patch, and Kat Martin (both friend and fan page).