Donald E. McQuinn

Donald E. McQuinn
Occupation	US Marine
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Washington
Notable works	Targets; Warrior; The Prisoner Within

Donald E. McQuinn (born 1930, in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is an American best-selling author,^[1] and former U.S. Marine.

McQuinn graduated from high school in Texas, and attended the University of Washington on a Navy scholarship. He served 20 years in the Marines, retiring in 1971 as a major, before becoming an author. He lives in the Pacific Northwest (Normandy Park, Washington)^[2] with his wife Carol; they have three grown sons.

In September 1998 he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while on vacation in Hawaii and became the first person saved by the police department's recent deployment of automated external defibrillators.^[1]

A third book in the Captain Lannat series was announced by the publisher as "a work in progress",^[3] but remains unfinished or unpublished.

Bibliography

Targets (set during the Vietnam War), 1980, ISBN 0-02-583710-9
Wake in Darkness (set in the Philippines), 1981, ISBN 0-02-583730-3
Shadow of Lies (contemporary spy novel), July 1985, ISBN 0-312-93726-1
Moondark Saga post-apocalyptic trilogy (published in nine parts in Germany)
1. Warrior (November 1990), ISBN 0-345-36504-6
2. Wanderer (November 1993), ISBN 0-345-37840-7
3. Witch (November 1994), ISBN 0-345-37841-5
Captain Lannat science fiction series
1. With Full Honors (November 1996), ISBN 0-345-40045-3
2. The Prisoner Within (December 1997), ISBN 0-345-40044-5

Donald E. McQuinn at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Del Rey sample chapters:
- Witch – Chapter One
- With Full Honors – Chapter One
- The Prisoner Within – Chapter One

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 48049826

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