Jake Minogue

Jake Minogue is an author of six books and was born in 1992 in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. He grew up as a military brat, spending his childhood overseas until the age of twelve before eventually calling Virginia home. At seventeen he enlisted in the United States Air Force, beginning an eleven‑and‑a‑half‑year career in high‑pressure intelligence and operations that shaped his eye for detail, discipline, and the cost of conflict. 

After separating from the service as a disabled veteran Jake was soon diagnosed and became a survivor of Guillain‑Barré syndrome, an illness that left him paralyzed from the neck down before he fought his way back through grueling rehabilitation, Jake turned that same resilience toward the page, channeling hospital corridors, VA waiting rooms, and long nights of recovery into stories about endurance, trauma, and second chances.

The first in his family to carve out a path that blends military service with creative work, Jake earned his associate degree from American Military University, using late‑night study sessions between medical appointments to finish the education he once put on hold for deployments and duty. Now based south of D.C., he writes under the name Jake Minogue, crafting character driven fiction and LitRPG that draw on a lifetime spent moving between cultures, bases, and battle rhythms, as well as the quiet, ordinary moments he almost lost for good. When he isn’t world building or revising chapters, Jake is a husband, a veteran, and a Guillain‑Barré survivor learning what it means to build a second life after the one the military planned for him, also pursuing my Bachelor's in Business.  You can sign up to get updates about his writing here.