Author Glenn P Clinger III, was born and raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Clinger attended Washington Irving High School and after high school opened the Riverside Health Club in 1982, which he operated for three years.

Clinger left Clarksburg in 1987 and moved to Florida to study aviation at one of the top aviation schools, Florida Institute of Technology. After his graduation from Florida Tech, he became interested in writing and wrote several speculative screenplays. In 1996, he co-wrote a television pilot that aired in Honolulu, Hawaii, titled “Camp Chaos”. 

While working on a masters degree, Clinger took an aircraft crash investigation class at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He decided to combine his love of aviation with his writing talents to develop a series of books based on crash investigations. In 2006, Clinger wrote his first book, “Flight 412”. A work of adult fiction, it provides the reader with a look into the world of aircraft crash investigation.

He followed his first book with a book based on a childhood experience and it was titled, “Life’s Little Hurdles.” This book reaches out to young adults and would be considered a Christian book. This book has been added to the collection at Southeastern University, a prominent Christian school in Florida. He chose to use a picture of Hite Field in Clarksburg for the cover.

Later, Clinger followed with “The National Conspiracy” and recently, “Festival Of Deception”. Both books are continuations of his series and combine solid characters with fast paced storylines. Clinger had this comment about his writing career.”

“It has always been my wish to provide the reader with a story that evolves and leaves them wondering at the end. I hope I can continue to provide work people will enjoy. ”

Clinger continues to write screenplays and is starting on the next book in his series. He currently resides in Easley, South Carolina with his wife Alicia.

                                            
                                                   ***

NEWEST READER COMMENTS


I had read Glenn Clinger's previous book The National Conspiracy - When Terror Strikes America and liked the main character, NTSB plane crash investigator, Zack Edwards, so I definitely had to check out Glenn Clinger's latest plane crash investigation mystery thriller, "Festival of Deception", also featuring Zack Edwards investigating a plane crash, this time a crash that claimed the life of a former Apollo space program astronaut. Glenn Clinger is one of those rare mystery and suspense writers who remains in command of a complex story throughout their book while building the suspense to a surprising climactic reveal at the end. Festival of Deception is clever, timely and intriguing enough to be screenplay material. Without revealing any spoilers, the astronaut was carrying stolen top secret NASA space program documents in a locked briefcase and of course, the plane crash turns out to be no accident. As the investigation proceeds, Homeland Security gets involved in the investigation as well, and additional people peripherally involved in the crash end up dead, why? I like to try to solve mystery books while reading them, but the author kept throwing twists and turns in the mystery that kept me from figuring it all out till I reached the stunning ending. 


                                                    ***


GOT A KINDLE? CLICK HERE TO GO TO AMAZON TO ORDER THIS BOOK AND SOME OF MY OTHERS. 

Select books from my store

Flight 412 Promotional Video by Jason Dobbins



Flight 412 Survey by Jason Dobbins