Stephen Komorek is a special investigator, intelligence professional, author, and instructor with almost 20 years of experience in complex investigations, surveillance, countersurveillance, protective intelligence, security, and high-risk operations. Over the course of his career, he has worked more than 3,000 investigations, conducted more than 500 undercover operations, and supported investigative and intelligence matters in more than 24 countries. His international work has included assignments and cases involving Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, China, Iran, human trafficking, war crimes investigations, the recovery of Americans from high-risk environments, and other sensitive matters requiring surveillance, intelligence collection, operational planning, and discretion. His work and expertise have also been featured in national and international media.

A disabled combat veteran with service in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Stephen has spent years instructing investigators, intelligence professionals, security personnel, and private-sector clients in surveillance, countersurveillance, intelligence, interviewing, deception detection, behavioral analysis, and investigative tradecraft. He is an award-winning author whose work spans professional investigations and human behavior in *Everybody Lies*, as well as espionage thriller fiction through *The Tenacity Files* series.