Grant Blackwood

Grant Blackwood
Born (1964-06-07) June 7, 1964 (age 60)
United States
OccupationNovelist, ghostwriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Website
grantblackwood.com

Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota.[1][2] He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler Spartan Gold[3] which reached number 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.[4] Blackwood spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate and is a veteran of the United States Navy.[5]

  1. ^ Lynn Neary (August 4, 2009). "For Authors, Ghostwriting Offers Solvency, Stability". NPR. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Bothun, Jora (August 26, 2016). "Hometown author returns; Grant Blackwood gives seminar on writing". Austin Daily Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Mark Combes. "Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler, with Grant Blackwood". ThrillerWriters.org. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". New York Times. October 18, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "WRITE of SPRING III". Crimespree Magazine. March 26, 2005. Grant Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran, having spent three years on active duty aboard the guided missile frigate USS Ford as an operations specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer.