Author, Editor

Griffin spent his youth in four different countries, learning three languages, and burning all his bridges. Finally settled in East Tennessee and retired from a day job as a police officer in a major metropolitan department out west, he lives the good life with his lovely wife, crazy-smart daughter, and Bengal rescues. 1636: Mission to the Mughals, co-authored with Eric Flint, was his first novel. 1637: The Peacock Throne is now available. He’s also collaborated on a number of projects with Kacey Ezell, writing Second Chance Angel with her. Griffin has also penned Man-Eater and Infiltration, novellas set in The Murphy’s Lawless annex of Charles Gannon’s Caine Riordan Universe. In 2025, Griffin was hired on as an editor at Baen Books, where he’s had opportunities to edit relative newcomers and some authors he’s been reading for decades. He also produces the Baen Free Radio Hour for Baen Books and interviews authors for the show.