JT Sawyer

JT Sawyer is the pen name for Tony Nester who made his living teaching survival courses for the military special operations community, US Marshals, FAA, and other federal agencies throughout the US. He has over 30 years of experience testing long-term survival skills in the desert, mountains, and forest and is the author of 12 non-fiction books on the subject. JT has also provided training for celebrities like Josh Brolin and Andrew Zimmern, in addition to serving as a consultant for the film Into the Wild. Nowadays, JT prefers having a roof over his head and putting his characters in dire situations in his post-apoc and thriller stories. He lives with his family and several rescue dogs in Colorado.