Captain William B. Kerr, USN (ret.) first novel, Path of the Golden Dragon, made the New York Times Paperback Best Seller List. “Originally from Mississippi and now, with his wife, Rebecca, a resident of Ponte Vedra, Florida, William Kerr spent much of his life in the U.S. Navy. His career spanned nearly twenty-five years of ship- and shore-duty commands, including liaison to the United States Congress for the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Surface-warfare qualified, he was the recipient of various citations, among which were the Legion of Merit and the Navy Commendation Medal.

Retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of captain, he has been involved in book signing tours throughout the eastern United States, as well as public readings of his works. He has also been a featured author at numerous book fairs, writers' workshops, and conventions. Kerr is the author of eight screenplays, several of which have garnered numerous awards within the film industry.”

Captain William B. Kerr is the author of the Matt Berkeley series: Path of the Golden Dragon; The Collector; The Red Hand; Judgment Call; and, Death's Bright Angel.

According to the book description of Path of the Golden Dragon, “Matthew Berkeley, former U.S. Navy Special Warfare officer, attempts to stem the tide of corruption sweeping the Caribbean island of St. Michael, corruption brought by the Golden Dragon Society in its escape from Hong Kong and the 1997 takeover by the People's Republic of China. Drawn into the Dragon's grasp by the brutal death of his closest friend, the assassination of St. Michael's president, and his unexpected love for terminally ill Dr. Sara Hawkins, St. Michael's Assistant Medical Examiner, Matthew's search for truth plunges him into a world of political intrigue and murder.”

According to the book description of The Red Hand, “Abduction of Britain's First Sea Lord of the Admiralty matches Matt Berkeley, former U.S. Navy officer, against the Irish Republican Army's Red Hand, "... the first to strike blood for its people; the first to shed blood for its cause.”

According to the book description of Death's Bright Angel, “This is another action/adventure novel featuring Matthew Berkeley, former Naval special operations officer and now head of security for an archaeological agency. Berkeley's antagonist is the mysterious Azrael, whose deep hatred of abortion becomes the driving force for serial murder in the Jacksonville, Florida, area. Cast as a suspect in the brutal killings, Berkeley must unmask this angel of death before he and Peyton, the woman he loves, fall victim to Azrael's madness.”