John Renehan was born in Boston and raised in California.  He worked as an attorney for the City and State of New York, and was a field artillery officer in the Army.  He lives in Virginia with his wife and children.  The Valley is his first novel.

Is The Valley a war novel, or a mystery story,

It's both, really.  Or neither.

What is the audience for the book?

Wrote it with

What do you think of the veteran-author label

Can't complain, but not what I aspire to be