Larry Carello

Larry Carello, author of "Acts of Deception," hails from the town of Sylvan Beach in central New York state. After graduation from the United States Naval Academy he embarked on a four-decade adventure in aviation, and has flown a wide variety of military and commercial aircraft. He spent five years attached to a San Diego based H-46 helicopter squadron, during which he made two shipboard deployments to the Western Pacific.

His first novel, "A Golden Weekend," received first runner-up honors from the Military Writers Society of America in the category of Best Literary Novel for 2012. He followed that with "Rotorboys," a fast-paced novel of men, ships, and helicopters at sea; and "Verbal Orders," the story of two ex-Navy pilots that track down an American oil heiress held captive by Muslim terrorists in the Southern Philippines.

Larry retired from commercial flying in 2016 as an international captain for a major U.S. airline. He lives with his wife in Florida, where he continues to write white-knuckle thrillers about helicopters and the pilots who fly them.