Russell Blake

Russell Blake is an American thriller writer known for a prolific independent-publishing career across multiple series before joining Clive Cussler as a co-author on the Fargo Adventures. Blake built a substantial readership through self-published action and conspiracy thrillers, including his Jet series featuring a former Mossad assassin, developing a reputation for high-volume output and fast, plot-forward pacing that made him a natural fit for the collaborative Cussler franchise model. His entries in the Fargo Adventures continued the series' formula following Sam and Remi Fargo as they pursue historical treasures and uncover conspiracies tied to their discoveries, work that brought Blake's independent-thriller pacing into one of Cussler's most enduring shared-universe franchises. Blake has also written extensively under his own name across other genres, including additional thriller series and standalone novels, and has been noted within the self-publishing community as one of its more commercially successful authors during the 2010s indie-thriller boom. He continues to write prolifically, balancing original series work with his Cussler collaboration.