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Hank Searls

1922–2017

A retired naval officer turned prolific storyteller, he wrote best-selling thrillers, science fiction, and biographies, often bringing a journalist’s eye for detail to fast-moving plots.

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Martyr's Flight

Martyr's Flight

by Hank Searls

About the author

Born in 1922, Hank Searls was an American author whose full name was Henry Hunt Searls Jr. Reference sources describe him as a freelance writer who worked across several forms, including novels, science fiction, screenwriting, and biography.

He is especially remembered for popular fiction with a strong dramatic hook, along with nonfiction and biographical work. An obituary published in 2017 identifies him as a retired naval officer as well as an author, adding another layer to the experience he brought to his writing life.

Searls died on February 17, 2017, at the age of 94. His long career left behind a varied body of work that appealed to readers looking for suspense, adventure, and real-world texture.