S. Martin Shelton

Captain S. Martin Shelton retired from active and reserve naval service. He served in the Korean and Vietnamese Wars. He has an extensive background in Far Eastern studies. Shelton earned his Master of Arts Degree (Cinema) from the University of Southern California. He spent thirty years producing a host of information and documentary motion-media shows, winning over forty awards in national and international film competitions and festivals. Shelton is a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communications and of the Information Film Producers of America. Shelton has published extensively in trade magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and commercial publications. His professional book, Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia, garnered the Best of Show award in the Society for Technical Communication’s Spotlight Publication Competition. He published the action-adventure novel St. Catherine’s Crown in 2013. The narrative is set during the Russian Revolution, the regicide of the royal family, and the post-Revolution harrowing adventures of Grand Duchess Anastasia and her cousin Lieutenant Kirik Pirogoff along the Trans-Siberian Railroad and in northwestern China. Following, he published the anthology titled Aviators, Adventures, and Assassins. Included are two novellas. Amelia is the investigative journal of a naval intelligence officer unraveling the labyrinthine skullduggery of Amelia Earhart’s last leg of her around the world flight in July 1937. Prester John details a Christian Knight two-decade long search for the chimerical king. Also included are several dozen short stories. His novella titled Khartoum earned a Finalist award in the Writer’s League of Texas annual publication competition in 2013. Currently, Shelton is working on the novel titled Shanghai Express. His web site address is www.sheltoncomm.com