He would then write late into the night after the children were asleep and realized that he had the time to make his dream a reality. Since he is a busy man as a full-time detective, he would write in the early morning waking up at 4 am to write his novel before reporting to work. It was not until he decided that it was now or never that he finally published his debut novel “The Camel’s Back” otherwise known as “Kill List.” He had spent a lot of time investigating child abuse and other atrocities against children in Connecticut and writing and publishing gave him the much-needed respite. He currently lives with his wife and three children in New England.įor Brian, writing has been something he desired to do though his hectic life always got in the way. He uses his experience handling crime against children, in SWAT and narcotics in creating the settings, characters, and circumstances in his novels. He published his debut novel, “Kill List,” in 2018 and has never looked back since. It was James Patterson that showed him it was possible to work full time and still be an author. Shea thought it was hard to become an author since he was employed as a full-time detective. Since then, he has read a ton of novels in the mystery and military fiction genre from the likes of James Patterson, Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, and David Baldacci. He first fell in love with reading when he read “The Outsiders” by S.E.

He has said that even as he spent much of his life in the armed forces, he was always in love with books. In between the careers, he was also a fifth-grade school teacher which he did for five years. As a police officer, he served for more than a decade in Connecticut and Texas and rose to the rank of Detective. He was in the US Navy, where he served for several years before he retired and went on to work for more than ten years in the police. Shea spent much of his life in service to the local community and his country. Brian Shea is a bestselling and award-winning American author best known for the “Nick Lawrence” and “Rachel Hatch” series of novels.

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