Ron McManus is a multiple award-winning author of Libido’s Twist, The Drone Enigma, The Envelope, and The Chameleon. The Chameleon has won several national and international awards, including: 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards 2nd Place Fiction Book of the Year 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards Outstanding Action/Adventure Winner 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards Outstanding Suspense/Thriller Winner 2022 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner—Action/Adventure 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner 2022 Readers' Favorite Gold Award—Thriller/Terrorist 2021 Best Indie Book Award Winner—Suspense/Thriller/Espionage 2021 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Editor's Choice The Charlotte, North Carolina, native is a former US Navy lieutenant, combat veteran, and corporate executive. Over twenty-five years of Ron’s professional career was in research and development with a British pharmaceutical company, including an expatriate assignment in England where he and his wife worked and maintained a residence for several years. He retired from the company as the global vice president of R&D quality and compliance and began studying creative writing and authoring novels that reflected those that he enjoyed reading. Ron and Mildred reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay where he is currently working on his next Jake Palmer novel.