Stephen W. Brooks

Stephen W. Brooks, a native of Hot Springs, Arkansas and a resident of St. Simons Island, Georgia for the last 30 years has published 7 novels. 4 of which are in the Sailing The Curvature Of The Earth series. Book 1, "Sailing The Curvature Of The Earth: A Vision Quest", Book 2, "Sailing The Curvature Of The Earth: South By Southwest" and Book 3, "Sailing The Curvature Of The Earth: To The Edge Of Darkness", and the final "Sailing Th Curvature of The Earth: For There Be Monsters." Book 5, "A Sunny Place For Shady People", is a fictional account of Garland County Deputy Sheriff Linda Edwards murder allegedly by a narcotics lieutenant of the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department.The case remains unsolved today. Stephen Brooks as also written a historical fiction novel, "In a Drum Beat", is set on picturesque St. Simons Island, Georgia in 1942, during the height of the Nazi U-boat campaign off the eastern seaboard of the United States. Brooks' latest work is "The Edge of Tomorrow". A fast-paced and edgy geopolitical thriller set in the Crimea region of Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

Stephen relies heavily on his varied law enforcement career that spans almost 40 years and all levels since he began his began as a Hot Springs Police Officer in 1979. Stephen has traveled the globe extensively providing instruction in seaport security and antiterrorism as well as admiralty and maritime law.

Stephen is also noted for lecturing and publishing in the area of identifying and investigating the transnational crime of human trafficking and most currently, Sustainability