Jonathan M. Bryant

About Jon

     Jonathan M. Bryant is a well-known professional historian. He has built a successful career in non-fiction, including essays, articles in anthologies, and two prizewinning books. Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope, published by Liveright/W. W. Norton, won the GHRAC Research Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times book prize in History. How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885 (UNC Press). 

     Dr. Bryant enjoys historical fiction, thrillers, spy novels, and classic science fiction. He knows fiction is a powerful vessel for telling truth and for communicating nuances of the human condition. His first novella, Blue Nude, was published as part of the collection Lowcountry Crime (Wolf’s Echo Press, 2017) and is now available on Amazon Kindle.

    Two historically accurate novels, Neutrality Act: The Consulting Agent Book One and The Slaver's Apprentice: Dead Reckoning, were finalists for Royal Palm Literary Awards from the Florida Writers Association. The Slaver's Apprentice   won a Royal Palm Award.