About the Author
About the Author
Larry Patzer
I write thrillers built on real people’s lived situations and human stakes. After retiring as an Air Force officer, I spent nineteen years as an aerospace systems engineer designing large-scale intelligence systems where failure wasn’t an option—a discipline that shows up on every page: tight plots, clean lines, credible tradecraft.
I’m a nationally certified Spiritual Director and a graduate of Clinical Pastoral Education, and I served as an on-call trauma chaplain. Sitting with families in their hardest moments taught me how choices echo; that’s why my characters don’t just fight—they face the consequences. For me, a story should help us live better, not just turn pages. I also bring nine years of personal Alzheimer’s caregiving.
My background shaped how I build novels. I stress-test plots the way I once stress-tested systems—looking for points of failure before they fail—so momentum stays clean and earned. Technical detail only stays if it serves the scene; the rest gets out of the way.
The work I did at the bedside still guides my pages. I try to write with presence first—listening, noticing what a moment costs, and letting the aftermath matter. Characters don’t get free passes; they live with what they do, and I keep the camera on long enough to see the ripples.
Out of my caregiving years came a set of plain-spoken essays, practical first, pretty second, that counselors and families share because they’re useful. They remind me that craft is a means, not an end: the point is to say something that helps.
If you’re new to my books, expect field-credible action, choices that carry weight, and an undercurrent of conscience and compassion woven into the pace.
About the Author
Larry Patzer
Larry Patzer writes action-driven thrillers with a conscience. After retiring as an Air Force officer, he spent eighteen years as an aerospace systems engineer designing large scale intelligence processing systems—missions where precision mattered and failure wasn’t an option. That discipline shows up on every page: tight plots, clean lines, credible tradecraft.
But Larry’s stories don’t stop at the action. He is a nationally certified Spiritual Director and a graduate of Clinical Pastoral Education, having served for more than five years as a volunteer on-call trauma chaplain. He’s sat with families in their hardest hours and understands how choices echo. That lived experience gives his work moral gravity and quiet compassion—characters don’t just fight; they face what it costs.
Larry also brings nine years of Alzheimer’s caregiving perspective, distilled into practical, plain-spoken essays freely shared by counselors and families. Those essays reflect a core belief that runs through his fiction and nonfiction alike: story should help us live better, not just turn pages.
He holds a BS in Meteorology and an MS in Information Management. In retirement, when he’s not writing, you’ll often find him in the shop doing custom woodworking—measuring twice, cutting once, and carrying the same artisan mindset into his novels.
Larry lives with his wife, Carol, in Monument, Colorado. She’s his first reader and fiercest advocate, ensuring that the series’ moral stakes and female perspectives ring true.
What Larry Writes
Thrillers built on competence and consequence—field-credible action, ethical tension, and characters who earn every step forward. If you’re a reader who wants momentum with meaning, you’re in the right place.