Executive Editor of Homeland Security Today, Kristina Tanasichuk, is joined by Jeremy D. Baker, a national security veteran and debut novelist whose real-life experience adds remarkable authenticity to his fiction. Baker spent over 16 years at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), rising to become Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator, where he led the department’s efforts to respond to domestic and international terror threats. He’s held senior intelligence and counterterrorism roles, managing teams across 250 U.S. field offices and nine overseas locations, and working closely with federal partners, the military, and the Intelligence Community.
His debut novel, The Guilty Sleep, follows Afghanistan vet Dexter Grant—battling PTSD and personal crisis—as he’s pulled into a high-stakes rescue mission that spirals into a deadly confrontation.
