Carl Anderson is a mechanical engineer by training who has turned his technical expertise into a successful and award-winning writing career. By blending his professional background in aerospace engineering and healthcare, he brings a unique level of depth and realism to his thrillers. He is known for a “conversational” writing style that makes complex topics like science, philosophy, and global intrigue easy to understand and exciting to read. When he isn’t crafting his next novel, Carl lives in Central California with his wife, Nancy. He is a man of many interests, including wildlife photography and astronomy, which often inspire the scientific themes found in his work
Suddenly, the analysts find themselves in a high-tech game of cat-and-mouse where the stakes are life and death. As they navigate a maze of science and philosophy, they must fight to expose a secret that could change humanity forever. The Mendel Project is a gripping thriller that challenges readers to decide what is right in a world where the truth is the most dangerous weapon of all.
Have you ever wondered how an aerospace engineer ends up writing global thrillers? In this post, I pull back the curtain on my writing process. I discuss how my background in mechanical engineering helps me build realistic “high-tech” worlds and why I believe a plot needs to be as logically sound as a blueprint.
The opening of my novel takes place in the smoldering ruins of Beelitz, Germany, in the final days of World War II. But how much of that history is real? In this blog, we explore the intense rivalry between Soviet Marshals Konev and Zhukov and why I chose this specific moment in time to hide a secret that would eventually threaten our modern world.
When three data analysts find a terrifying truth, they are told to look the other way. This post dives into the moral dilemmas faced by my characters.
