Stephen Martino is an Amazon bestselling author and physician who has written the fast-paced Alex Pella novel series, which include The New Reality, The Hidden Reality, and The Final Reality. The New Reality became an Amazon bestseller and a winner of the 2020 New York City Big Book Distinguished Favorite, while The Final Reality went on to win a Gold medal for Thrillers at the FAPA awards and was a winner of the CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction.

A member of the International Thriller Writers, Martino’s action-political thrillers are often compared to such substantive novels as the Sigma Series by James Rollins, novels by Isaac Asimov, the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and The Andromeda Strain by fellow physician, Michael Crichton.

His books have been featured on numerous blogs across the United States and Europe including Indigo Quill, Writer’s Life, Confessions of a Reader, As the Page Turns, I Heart Reading, and Mary’s Cup of Tea among others.