Henry V. O'Neil
Henry V. O’Neil is the name under which Malice Award-winning mystery novelist Vincent H. O’Neil publishes his science fiction work. In 2017 HarperCollins released the fifth and final novel in his military science Sim War series (Glory Main, Orphan Brigade, Dire Steps, CHOP Line, and Live Echoes).
After graduating from West Point, he served in the US Army Infantry with the Tenth Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York and the 1st Battalion (Airborne) of the 508th Infantry in Panama. He holds a Master’s degree in International Business from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.
In 2005 he won the St. Martin’s Press “Malice Domestic” writing award for his debut novel Murder in Exile. Murder in Exile was the first book in the Frank Cole/Exile series, and was followed by Reduced Circumstances, Exile Trust, and Contest of Wills.
He is also the author of the theater-themed murder mystery Death Troupe and two horror novels called Interlands and Denizens.
“Some of the things that beat the shit out of you . . . can beat the bullshit out of you too.”
“Never diagnosed the enemy before.”
“It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.”
“You can pray and fight at the same time, Corporal. Especially if you learn how before things get rough. It’s important to have a philosophy of life . . . and of death.”
“No food, you die in weeks. No water, you die in days.”