Anthony A.J. Tata

A.J. Tata is one of the well known American authors, who likes to write his books based on the action, thriller, and military fiction genres. He is particularly famous for writing down the popular novel series called the Threat series and the Captain Jake Mahegan series. Author Tata is also known by the names Anthony J. Tata and Tony Tata. Prior to becoming an author, he used to serve in the United States Army. From there, he retired as a Brigadier General and then found his second career as a novelist. The military career of author Tata lasted for a span of 28 years, between the years 1981 and 2009. After his retirement, he began working as a Secretary of the Department of Transportation in North Carolina. He served in this post between the years 2013 and 2015 under Pat McCrory’s Governance. During the tenure of this job, author Tata had also started writing novels simultaneously. As a novelist, the subject matter of most of the author Tata’s books is based on the life of the military personnels. The Threat Series is the best example of this. Author Tata began writing this series in the year 2008. He even released the debut book of the series in the same year and became a published author. The series is based on the life of two fictional characters named Zachary and Matt Garrett, who serve in the military. These two men are depicted as brothers by author Tata. In all, author Tata has published 4 books in the series till now. All the novels of the series encompass the published works of author Tata’s writing, which he has compiled based on his personal experience in the military. Following the success of the first book, titled Sudden Threat, author Tata donated a sum total of $27,000 from his proceeds of the novel to a fund of Wounded Warriors.