Andy Horne

Andy Horne was raised and educated in Houston, Texas. The University of Texas at Austin, awarded him undergraduate BA (Plan II) and law degrees. Following three years as a prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s office in Houston, Andy resigned and entered U. S. Navy Officer Training. The first half of his active duty was on the USS Princeton (LPH-5), a helicopter carrier where he served off the coast of Vietnam as an Officer of the Deck and Legal Officer. He was an OOD for the recovery of Apollo 10. Following that exciting event, his active duty continued as an Officer-in-Charge of a Swift Boat (PCF-59) in the Mekong Delta.

He resumed his professional career, again as a Harris County prosecutor then as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, later entering private criminal and civil practice. He became an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on Saipan.

His wife, Sylvia, and Andy reside in a period cottage, a survivor of the Galveston’s 1900 storm as well as of Hurricane IKE in September, 2008. Their two sons are married and building their own lives.

This man understands the perpetrators and dupes of fraud schemes as well as those responsible for the administration and enforcement of our laws.

On publication of his first novel, Mixed Company, first in the Decent Men series, Andy was asked why he undertook this new discipline as a novelist. His response is telling: “I’ve been reading and writing competing, credible fiction all my professional career. Besides, I wanted to see if I could tell engaging contemporary stories using insights learned during my trek through life. Why not?”

Andy’s website is www.andyhornebooks.com.