Jeremiah Root

“It’s a strange business owning a bird”—The Vincent

“We lived in the same world, but remembered different ones.”

—Case Burrell, The Vincent

Jeremiah Root is a Marine Corps veteran from Paradise, California. He writes gritty American fiction and lives in Washington, D.C.

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  • “Elko Clean”—Published in Muleskinner Journal, Issue 16: Sabotage (December 2025). This story is a standalone excerpt from the novel-in-progress, The Vincent.

  • Former member of La Fin Du Monde, an instrumental progressive rock band from Chico, California.

  • Jeremiah specializes in Psychological Operations, Influence Operations, and Civil Affairs. He published the article Civil Affairs, More than a Boutique MOS in the October 2021 Marine Corps Gazette. Advocating for the formalization of a Marine Corps primarily MOS dedicated to Civil Affairs, Information Operations, and Psychological Operations.