Vince Nakovics

Vince Nakovics retired from the US Navy. His career was anything but conventional with a variety of positions from technician to manager; from prison guard to investigator he covered a lot of ground. He jokes about working his technical career bakwards as he started out on the most technically advanced equipment in 1975 and worked his way back in time to 1942 on board the USS Missouri. It didn't end there he found himself reverse engineering the construction of Revolutionary War cannon carriages for Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, VA.

His work on the carriages resulted in his becoming a blacksmith in 1999. He became the newsletter editor for his local blacksmithing associations for seven years, publishing over 65 monthly issues, including two articles for the national magazine Anvil's Ring and interviewing over 100 American and international blacksmiths.

He has published three non-fiction books; American Blacksmiths 2010, 1781 Siege of Yorktown Cannon Carriages 2013 and Horses Need Not Apply 2016. Also in 2016 he published The Blacksmith Murders and has concentrated on writing novels since.

He resides predominately in Albania with frequent visits to the rest of Europe looking for interesting tidbits of culture, folklore and mystery to incorporate in his works.

His books are widely available through the many D2D partners, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.