A J Converse

Popular author A. J. Converse a New Englander by birth, a Navy brat, a Navy Officer, a financial expert, and an entrepreneur, writes out of his home in Colorado Springs.

In 2010 he took up fiction. His short story, Warrior's Stone, appeared in The Guilded Pen, an anthology produced by the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild, in 2012. He published short stories The Marble Game, Drippy Pants, The Woods, The Wake Up, A Rose for Mrs. Delahante, One Soldier, Old Kim, Kitchen Help, The Last Taxpayer, An American Gathering, The Coxswain, Omen in the Sky, and Hot Dogs and Fishing Reels.

His first novel, Bitch'n, a coming-of-age thriller, set in a 1959 beach town named Coronado, was published in November 2012. In his second novel, Die Again, a college student's life changes when he catches a serial killer. His novel, Boston Boogie is an adventure thriller set in 1963 Boston. The Baja Moon influenced his fourth novel of the same name. In February 2016 he released News from the East, an action adventure set in 1974 with some modern themes. Early in 2017 he completed Flagship, a novel based on his experience in the Vietnam War. In 2018 he released, Hornwinkle Hustle a cold case thriller, in 2019, Jack Blue, which addresses some moral questions as Mo Harris solves a murder. His historical fiction "Vermonter" was released in September 2023. The Converse Chronicles, short stories by Mr. Converse and his fraternal twin, Don, a tribute to Don, were published in 2024. And now comes, Murder at Saint Jude's, a Mo Harris adventure published in October 2026.

If you like action, you will like his novels. His short stories will make you think.