Jonathan is a retired Marine infantry colonel and now a full-time writer living in Colorado Springs with his wife Kiwi and twin baby girls, Danika Dawn and Darika Marie. He is a two-time Nebula Award Finalist, a two-time Dragon Award Finalist, and a USA Today Bestselling writer.

He published his first work back in 1978, a so-so short story titled "Secession." Since then, he has been published in newspapers, magazines, and in book format in fiction, political science, business, military, sports, race relations, and personal relations fields. He returned to writing fiction in 2009, and he currently has over 85 titles published, 51 being novels. His novelette, "Weaponized Math," was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award, "Fire Ant" was a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and Integration was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award and Sentenced to War for the 2021 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel.

His undergraduate degree was earned at the U. S. Naval Academy (Class of 1979), and he has attended graduate school at U. S. International University and the University of California, San Diego, earning a masters and doctorate. He is a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the US. Naval Academy Alumni Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Reading: Jonathan Brazee & Alex Shvartsman