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About the author
For several years, Walter wrote every night. Now the stories are coming out.
Walter Blair is a suspense novelist from the Washington, D.C. area and the author of the Jennifer Steele thrillers Presidential Approval and The Sanction, and of Abduction. His new novel, COVID-19 RETRIBUTION, arrives on December 10, 2026.
Before the novels
Walter Blair practiced law for many years in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, winning significant cases along the way.
Among them was a landmark immigration case, that is, U.S. v. Paul Russell, cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473 (2010). Those years inside the capital's courtrooms and corridors are part of why his thrillers move so easily through the White House, the Capitol and the agencies around them.
He still lives in the Washington, D.C. area, the same streets his novels run through.
Education
Walter's education began in London, England.
He moved to New York and earned his bachelor's degree at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
In Washington, D.C., he completed a master's in city and regional planning and a law degree.
Written after dark
Walter began writing fiction in 2010. For several years he wrote every night, and the result is a shelf most writers would need a lifetime to fill: eight or nine finished novels beyond the ones on this site, waiting their turn.
Hear about each one firstThe novels
Abduction was his third novel, after the first two Jennifer Steele thrillers.
Off the page
When the night's writing is done, Walter is a father and grandfather first. This fall the family grew by two: his daughter welcomed twin boys, and Walter became a grandfather of twins.
They're two new reasons to keep writing, and two more readers he's already saving a shelf for.
Art show · Dec 5
Hello fans and fellow artists,
On December 5, 2026, I plan to attend Elena Bond's exquisite art show at Tysons II in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
Happy Holidays.
We're inviting all of our guests and friends to join us.
Wentworth Gallery, Tysons GalleriaSaturday, December 53–6 pm
“My first two novels, Presidential Approval and The Sanction, did better than my wildest dreams could ever have imagined.”
