About
Best-selling and award winning author Frank A. Mason
I discovered I had some talent for spinning a tale. I had learned as a teacher that one way to engage students was to tell a story, so why not fiction as an author?
Frank A. Mason
Author
Frank A. Mason
Winner of the 2023 Gold Royal Palm Literary Award, the highest award from the Florida Writer’s Association, Frank A. Mason is the pen name for author Bob Amason, Ph.D.
A retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel, Bob Amason was a college professor for 25 years. As an officer in the USAF, Bob flew B-52s during the Cold War, was a flying training instructor, and directed high-level staff organizations over 22 years of his early adult life. Dr. Bob Amason earned a Ph.D. from the nation’s number-one public institution and mentored hundreds of doctoral students at three respected higher education institutions.
Storyline
- 1980
First interest in writing novels. Started teaching adults.
- 1997
Retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service. Began teaching college part-time immediately after retirement.
- 1997–2022
Spent 25 years as a college professor, mentoring doctoral students, teaching, and conducting research.
- 2022
Transitioned to writing novels full-time. Published Journeyman: The Bridge
- 2023
Heart of Tempered Steel won the Florida Writer’s Association Royal Palm Literary Award.
- 2024
Published additional entries in the Journeyman and Sunlit Silence series and additional standalone books.
- Today
Write 15–20 books over the next ten years.
