James L. Nelson
Author · 31 books
James L. Nelson (1962-) is an American historical nautical novelist. He was born in Lewiston, Maine. In 1980, Nelson graduated from Lewiston High School. Nelson attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for two years, and then transferred to UCLA, with the ambition of becoming a film director. Nelson, his wife, Lisa, and their daughter Betsy lived for two years in Steubenville, Ohio, while Lisa attended Franciscan University. They also have two boys, Nate and Jack. They now live in Harpswell, Maine, where Nelson continues to write full time.
Series
Books
Lords of the Ocean
1999
The Continental Risque
1998
The Only Life That Mattered
The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam
2001
By Force of Arms
1996
Glory in the Name
A Novel of the Confederate Navy
2003
Raider's Wake
2017
With Fire and Sword
The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Beginning of the American Revolution
2011
Fin Gall
2013
Dubh-linn
2014
George Washington's Secret Navy
How the American Revolution Went to Sea
2008
A Vengeful Wind
A Novel of Viking Age Ireland
2018
The Falmouth Frigate
An Isaac Biddlecomb Novel
2022
The Maddest Idea
1997
The Narrow Seas
Book XI of The Norsemen Saga
2023
French Prize
A Novel
2015
The Buccaneer Coast
2021
The Pirate Round
2002
George Washington's Great Gamble
2010
The Midgard Serpent
A Novel of Viking Age England
2020
The Blackbirder
2001
Loch Garman
A Novel of Viking Age Ireland
2017
Benedict Arnold's Navy
2006
Kings and Pawns
A Novel of Viking Age England
2019
All the Brave Fellows
2000
Reign of Iron
The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack
2004
Night Wolf
2016
Full Fathom Five
2016
Thieves of Mercy
2005
The Lord of Vik-lo
2015
Glendalough Fair
2015
The Guardship
2000
