author
J. D. Wells
Military experience and years of travel shaped this author's fast-moving thrillers, which often blend action, justice, and a strong sense of place. His books draw on a life that ranged from Navy service to work in the American West.
1 Audiobook
Young Men; In Business
by William Guest, J. D. Wells
About the author
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, J. D. Wells set out early to see more of the world. A publisher biography says he entered the U.S. Navy in 1964 and served three tours in Vietnam before later spending time aboard an aircraft carrier.
After leaving the Navy, he worked in places as varied as the Chesapeake Bay area, oil fields in New Mexico and Texas, and on a large ranch in western Washington. That wide range of experience seems to feed directly into his fiction, giving his stories an easy familiarity with travel, danger, and hard-lived lives.
Wells is known for novels including Justifiable Actions and Ultimate Justice: The Final Penalty. Across those books, he appears to favor suspense-driven storytelling with high stakes and a strong interest in loyalty, conflict, and moral choices.