D.A. Roll is a writer, consultant, retired CIA Operations Officer, and former Army officer
whose career spanned more than thirty-five years in intelligence, military service, and
national security. His work took him across the globe—from the Kalahari Desert to the
Korean Demilitarized Zone, from Europe and Africa to the mountains of the Hindu
Kush—experiences that now inform the settings, characters, and conflicts found in his
fiction.
Raised on a small farm outside a small town in rural Pennsylvania, D.A.'s fascination
with storytelling began early. His first stories, written in elementary school, focused on
science fiction and, for reasons he still cannot adequately explain, talking dogs. While
the subjects have changed over the years, the desire to tell stories has remained
constant.
After earning a degree in Humanities, D.A. was commissioned into the U.S. Army
Infantry. Over a military career spanning more than two decades, he served in
leadership positions in both conventional and special operations units before retiring
whose career spanned more than thirty-five years in intelligence, military service, and
national security. His work took him across the globe—from the Kalahari Desert to the
Korean Demilitarized Zone, from Europe and Africa to the mountains of the Hindu
Kush—experiences that now inform the settings, characters, and conflicts found in his
fiction.
Raised on a small farm outside a small town in rural Pennsylvania, D.A.'s fascination
with storytelling began early. His first stories, written in elementary school, focused on
science fiction and, for reasons he still cannot adequately explain, talking dogs. While
the subjects have changed over the years, the desire to tell stories has remained
constant.
After earning a degree in Humanities, D.A. was commissioned into the U.S. Army
Infantry. Over a military career spanning more than two decades, he served in
leadership positions in both conventional and special operations units before retiring
