Lew McIntyre is one of Southern Maryland’s newest authors, specializing for now in historical fiction, having published five books: two historical fiction novels, The Eagle and the Dragon, a Novel of Rome and China, and its sequel, A Gathering of Eagles,a Novel of Rome and Parthia; one military history, Take Charge and Move Out, the Founding Fathers of TACAMO; one on relativity physics, Riding on a Light Beam, Visualizing Relativity; and one novella, Come, Follow Me, a Story of Pilate and Jesus.
Lew is a graduate of the US Naval Academy Class of 1970, with a masters in aeronautical engineering. He spent his naval career in aviation, flying “Take Charge and Move Out” TACAMO EC-130s and the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) E-4B, a Boeing 747. He retired as a Commander in 1970 to begin his second career supporting TACAMO E-6B Mercury aircraft at Patuxent River, MD as a senior communications systems engineer until retiring in 2020.
Lew lives in La Plata, MD with his wife Karen, who doubles as his editor, literary critic and inspiration, herself an accomplished author. They have two children, Jesse, married to Nicole, parents of their grandson “Bean” Benedict, and Katy, married to Tim Bristow, with grand-dog Penny, now living in the UK. Besides writing and working at Patuxent River, Lewis enjoys biking, running, hunting and amateur radio.
