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Jeff Bailey

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in San Bernardino, California, The United States

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Thriller, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Ayn Rand, James Mitchener

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I write in the nuclear-based thriller genre because I have nearly fifty years of work experience in various nuclear related technologies. My first assignment, at nineteen, for the U.S. Army, was as a nuclear weapons electronics technician. In 2012, I retired as a senior member of the science and engineering staff at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State.
While I do infuse my nuclear resume into my stories, I also base my stories on real events and real people. I based The Defect on the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island NPS in Pennsylvania, and on an attack at the Watts Bar NPS by a lone gunman.
The female lead in Not On MY Watch, Lance Corporal Casandra Sing, USMC, is based on my oldest granddaughter, who is an act ...more

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