He is the Award-winning author and bestselling author whose diverse life experiences, G. Michael Hopf.

G. Michael Hopf is a Marine Corps Veteran.

G. Michael Hopf is a USA Today bestselling author and Marine Corps veteran whose diverse life experiences—ranging from combat service to work as a bodyguard and commercial diver—fuel his gripping post-apocalyptic and Western fiction.

Best known for The New World series, Hopf draws on themes of survival, resilience, and human nature, crafting stories that both entertain and inspire.

Now based in San Diego, he’s also a devoted husband and father, committed to storytelling that explores the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

G. Michael shared about:

• His upbringing on a former tobacco farm in Maryland, describing a close-knit, family-oriented childhood and his writing journey.
• His six-year service in the Marines, valuing the diverse experiences and perspectives he encountered and the importance of resilience, gratitude, and shared human desires across different backgrounds.
• The plot of a book series in which a massive, sophisticated global EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and limited nuclear strike attack is orchestrated by the heir to a drug cartel, aiming to form a “Pan American Empire.”