Consider this your official introduction to someone who officially doesn't exist—at least not during business hours. Marina Zuryck is a pseudonym. The person behind the pen is a federal government employee and former U.S. Marine who wishes to remain anonymous. 

BLUF: I write heroes, great and small. My stories blend high-stakes plots, dark humor, and military-flavored government shenanigans inside a world most people never get a chance to experience. I write for readers who crave complex characters who discover they have something to prove. Characters who dare to break free of the expectations of others — and themselves. Who talk back when they shouldn't. Who find family when they need it most. And who just might fall into a behind-closed-doors slow-burn romance that makes all the sacrifice worth it. 

I also write in a totally different genre: cozy mysteries for young adults, set against the backdrop of Marine Corps values and the National Museum of the Marine Corps.