Jeff Edwards (born 1959) is an American author of military thrillers. He has published an assortment of articles and opinion columns, mostly on Military.com, and in various military newspapers. The majority of his published work, fiction and non-fiction, pertains to the U.S. military. His novel, Torpedo, won the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction from the Military Writer's Society of America, and the American Author Medal from the American Author's Association.
Edwards was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. Following a 23 year career as a sonar technician, he retired from the United States Navy as a chief petty officer. He now resides in San Diego, California, where he writes military novels and opinion columns, and works as a consultant to the military.