by BJ Bourg
Silent Trigger
Bullet Drop
Elevation
Blood Rise
About the Author
BJ Bourg is a former professional boxer and a lifelong martial artist who hails from the swamps of Louisiana. A thirty-year veteran of law enforcement, he has worked as a patrol cop, a detective sergeant, a police academy instructor, and the chief investigator for a DA’s office. He has successfully investigated all types of felony cases and has trained hundreds of law enforcement officers in self-defense, firearms, and criminal operations. He retired in October of 2020 to pursue his boyhood dream of becoming a fulltime writer.
Throughout his career, Bourg has served on many specialized units such as SWAT, the Explosives Search Team, and the Homicide Response Team. He founded his agency’s sniper program and served as its leader for nearly a decade. A graduate of seven basic and advanced sniper schools, he deployed as the primary sniper on dozens of call-outs, including barricaded subjects, hostage rescue operations, and fugitive apprehensions. He also served as the sniper instructor for the 2001 Louisiana Tactical Police Officers Association’s Conference.
Bourg has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Shooter at an FBI Sniper School, the Distinguished Service Medal, and Certificates of Commendation for his work as a homicide detective. He is a public speaker and has also written dozens of articles for law enforcement magazines, covering a wide range of topics such as defensive tactics, sniper deployment, suspect interrogation, report writing, and more. Above all else, he is a father and a husband, and the highlight of his life is spending time with his beautiful wife and wonderful children. Nowadays, he splits his time between Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and Tellico Plains, Tennessee while working on his next novel—whatever it might be.