Iain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels.
His book Four Days in June, about the Battle of Waterloo, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell.
[3] Following a series of non-fiction books, Gale published his first novel, the well received Four Days in June, about the Battle of Waterloo, in 2006.
He followed this with a series of three books featuring the character Jack Steel, set during the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough.
More recently he has published two novels in a projected Second World War series featuring the character Peter Lamb and his men; and another four in a Napoleonic Wars series featuring a band of roguish scouting officers led by Captain James Keane.