M. L. Doyle

M.L. Doyle has served in the U.S. Army at home and abroad for more than two decades as both a soldier and civilian. Doyle’s mystery series features Master Sergeant Lauren Harper, an Army public affairs specialist who travels the world on Army business only to find herself embroiled in one dangerous situation after another. The first book of the series, "The Peacekeeper’s Photograph," takes place on a small Army outpost during the Bosnia peacekeeping mission. "The Peacekeeper’s Photograph" was the winner of the Carey McCray Memorial Literary Award for best novel from the South Carolina Writer’s Workshop and won a Bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for mystery in 2014. Doyle has published two additional books in the mystery series, "The Sapper’s Plot" and "The General’s Ambition."

Doyle’s four novella erotic romance series is titled "Limited Partnerships." The series, about a woman-owned male escort service, is a collection of stories featuring different men working in the establishment, Charlie I, Luke II, Wolf III and Derek IV are also published in an omnibus version.

The first book in Doyle’s urban fantasy series, "The Bonding Spell," tells the tale of a US soldier who, while on duty in Iraq, picks up a gold coin in the desert. A small action that results in life-changing consequences. The second book in the series, "The Bonding Blade," was published in June of 2019.

Doyle is the co-author of the book, "I’m Still Standing: From Captured Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home," which chronicles the story of Shoshana Johnson, a member of the 507th Maintenance Company who was captured during an ambush and held prisoner in the early days of the Iraq War. The book was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the literary category for best Auto/biography. Doyle also co-authored the book "Promises Fulfilled: My Life as a Wife and Mother, Soldier and General Officer," with Brigadier General (Ret.) Julia Jeter Cleckley.

Doyle is an editor for The Wrath-Bearing Tree, a literary magazine established and maintained by veterans. She is also contributes as a producer of The WBT podcast. She is on the Advisory Council for the MilSpeak Foundation Inc., a 501(c)3 public charitable organization that supports, promotes, and celebrates the creative arts of military service members, veterans, families, and caregivers. She is also a guest presenter at MilSpeak On Point Seminars and Workshops.

Doyle was a War Horse fellow during their summer 2018 workshop. Her essays have appeared in The War Horse, The Good Man Project and O’Dark Thirty. She has a bachelor of Arts in broadcast communications from Metropolitan State University, and a Master of Arts from the University of Oklahoma in International Relations.

She is a Minneapolis native, currently lives in Columbia, Maryland, and is a civilian employee of the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland.