R.A. Flannagan is R.A.’s pen name. He is the author of the CANZUK At War series, which includes the novel Take Whiteman (2022), Red Blue Storm (2023), Wraith Horizon (2024) and the novella Caribbean Payback (2022).
R.A.’s varied career and life experiences have only recently allowed him to take up writing, starting in late 2020. Despite the delay, he’s enjoying the work immensely and intends to write more novels, including Dark Duplicity, release date Fall 2026.
R.A.’s writing skills have been honed over twenty-plus years as an administrator in the Canadian public service, university and municipal government.
Way back in the day, and not to overstate its importance, R.A. did put three years into Canada’s Army Reserves. His first year was in the Signals unit; his next two years were in the infantry unit in his home town, the Algonquin Regiment. The experience was enough to tell him the military life was not for him.
The picture below is from 1993 at Canadian Forces Base North Bay, when R.A got his private chevron before heading off to his Basic Military Qualification course.
With his keen interest in politics, defence-related issues and his always-firing imagination, R.A. writes speculative military thriller novels for people who are looking for an alternative to the many wonderful stories out there that focus on the United States.
On the personal front, R.A. lives in farm country just outside of Ottawa with his wife.
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