Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota.^[1][2] He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler Spartan Gold^[3] which reached number 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.^[4] Blackwood spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate and is a veteran of the United States Navy.^[5]

Novels

Briggs Tanner series

• The End of Enemies (2001)
• The Wall of Night (2002)
• An Echo of War (2003)

Fargo Adventures series (co-authored with Clive Cussler)

• Spartan Gold (2009)
• Lost Empire (2010)
• The Kingdom (2011)

Jack Ryan, Jr. Series

• Dead or Alive (2010) co-authored with Tom Clancy
• Tom Clancy: Under Fire (2015)
• Tom Clancy: Duty and Honor (2016)

Splinter Cell series (writing as "David Michaels")

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate (2006)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout (2007)

EndWar series (writing as "David Michaels")

• Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008)
• Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted (2011)

Tucker Wayne series (with James Rollins)

• The Kill Switch (Tucker Wayne #1) (2014)
• War Hawk (Tucker Wayne #2) (January 1, 2016)^[6]

Short story

• "Sacrificial Lion" (2006) in the anthology Thriller, edited by James Patterson

Awards

• Finalist for the 2002 Minnesota Book Award in Popular Fiction for End of Enemies.^[7]