Melvin Hathorn is the author of The Castlereagh Connection, Celts and Kings, and The Prisoner’s Dilemma. He is currently hard at work on his fourth novel, Jason’s Choice. He has published several short stories and essays over his career. 

He has taught English literature, political science, and humanities at Albertus Magnus College as well as many great works of literature on the high school and middle school level.

He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut and enjoys flying small planes, sailing, and writing. He has traveled to many different areas of the world such as Greece and the former Soviet Union where he talked a cop out of an arrest for jaywalking.