Blaine Lee Pardoe is an American author and military historian, known primarily for writing the BattleTech and MechWarrior: Dark Age series of science fiction books.
Pardoe was born in Newport News, Virginia, in 1962 and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business management, he worked for Michigan auto companies Ford, GM, and Chrysler.
He began writing for sci-fi games and reference books and moved back to Virginia.
"[4] In an article on the website American Greatness, Pardoe wrote: "I found myself canceled for voicing my conservative beliefs".