Robert Gandt’s career has been as eclectic as the subjects of his books. He has been a weapons test pilot, flight instructor, air show performer, and international airline captain with over 30,o0o flying hours. At age 20 he was the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy, where he logged over 300 carrier landings and nearly 2,000 hours in the A-4 Skyhawk. As a captain for Pan American World Airways, he flew around the globe, domiciled in New York, San Francisco, Berlin, and Hong Kong.
Gandt is the author of six novels and seven non-fiction books. In 1998 he made his screenwriting debut on the CBS series Pensacola: Wings Of Gold, which was adapted from his best-selling thriller, Bogeys and Bandits. His latest, The Twilight Warriors (Random House, 2010) is the winner of the prestigious Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.
Gandt and his wife, Anne Busse, live and work at the Spruce Creek Fly-In in Port Orange, Florida.