A.J. Tata: Brigadier General and Novelist
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Jack Carr
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🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Today's guest on this bonus episode of Danger Close is A.J. Tata.
A.J. Tata is a defense expert, novelist, and political commentator who served for nearly three decades in the United States Army before retiring with the rank of brigadier general. He attended the United States Military Academy and served as a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Catholic University of America as well as a master's degree in Military Art and Science from the School of Advanced Military Studies.
Since retiring from the military, A.J. has gone on to serve as the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and later became an advisor to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
Tata is the bestselling novelist behind 14 books, including the Jake Mahegan series, the Reaper Series and the Threat Series.
His latest book, Chasing the Lion is on shelves now.
You can follow him on Twitter @ajtata.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Clatter original presented by Six Hour. |
| 0:21.5 | I guess today is retired Brigadier General Tony Tata. |
| 0:24.8 | We recorded this conversation back in November of 2019 at an authors conference called BoucherCon in Dallas. |
| 0:31.8 | And that's back when I was trying to do this all by myself. |
| 0:34.4 | So the video ran out 10 minutes into it. |
| 0:36.6 | So this is an audio only podcast and we are releasing it as a bonus episode. |
| 0:42.3 | So these will be coming out on Fridays and these are the episodes that I recorded before Ironclad came in and professionalized this particular operation. |
| 0:51.6 | So Tony's latest book is called Chasing the Lion and it came out on June 1st 2021. |
| 0:59.2 | So pick up the book and now, that further ado, Tony Tata. |
| 1:06.4 | I'm here with Tony Tata and thank you Jack Carr. |
| 1:10.2 | Hey, thank you so much for being here today. |
| 1:12.4 | We're at BoucherCon, which is a, I can't describe it. |
| 1:16.0 | It's a mystery thriller suspense book conference that's based around both authors and fans. |
| 1:23.6 | All right. |
| 1:24.3 | And the thing I love about this, Jack, is that there are more fans here. |
| 1:28.5 | And then that's some of the other traditional things like Thriller Fest, |
| 1:31.8 | which is an awesome conference and its own right. |
| 1:33.8 | But that's got more industry and aspiring authors. |
| 1:37.3 | And this is more aspiring authors and fans. |
| 1:40.4 | And so you have super long lines of people when you're doing your book signings. |
| 1:44.8 | And it's a lot of fun to interact with the people who love your work. |
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