 Brian Callison was born in Manchester. He was an author and served as a midshipman with the Blue Funnel Line on cargo liners. He studied at Dundee College of Art. In 2008, he completed a three-year appointment as a Fellow of The Royal Literary Fund at the University of Dundee, mentoring staff and students in all aspects of practical writing. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and an Associate of the Nautical Institute. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) A Flock of Ships | 1970 |
| 2) A Plague of Sailors | 1971 |
| 3) The Dawn Attack | 1972 |
| 4) A Web of Salvage | 1975 |
| 5) A Ship Is Dying | 1976 |
| 6) Trapp's War | 1976 |
| 7) A Frenzy of Merchantmen | 1977 |
| 8) Judas Ship | 1978 |
| 9) Trapp's Peace | 1979 |
| 10) An Act of War | 1980 |
| 11) The Sextant | 1981 |
| 12) Spearfish | 1983 |
| 13) The Bone Collectors | 1984 |
| 14) A Thunder of Crude | 1986 |
| 15) The Auriga Madness | 1988 |
| 16) Trapp and World War Three | 1988 |
| 17) The Trojan Hearse | 1990 |
| 18) Crocodile Trapp | 1993 |
| 19) Ferry Down | 1998 |
| 20) The Stollenberg Legacy | 2000 |
| 21) Redcap | 2006 |
| 21) Redcap | 2006 |
| 22) Trapp's Secret War | 2008 |