Winner of the Gold Royal Palm Literary Award (RPLA) in Historical fiction for 2023 and 2025, Frank A. Mason also won the Florida Writers Association (FWA) Book of the Year Award. The Book of the Year is the grand prize each year and is the highest award from the Florida Writers 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 for 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.

Winner of the 2025 RPLA Gold and FWA Book of the Year for 2025, Mason's novel, "La Florida: Flower of the Bitter Orange," captures how difficult life was on the Florida frontier during the American Revolution. "Flower of the Bitter Orange" is Book One of the Fletcher's of Florida Series, a multi-generational series that covers the sweep of Florida history to the present day.

The Journeyman Chronicles is Frank A. Mason’s award-winning series of novels about the adventures of a young master gunsmith caught up in the American Revolution. The Journeyman Chronicles was conceived to celebrate America250 - the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Also called the 'semiquincentennial,' America250 celebrates the 250 years of the American Spirit. The Journeyman Chronicles is a story of that spirit. All five of the Journeyman Chronicles books are now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and in paperback.

Frank A. Mason's Sunlit Silence Series on WWII in the Air has produced four bestsellers and one RPLA Finalist (2025). The series follows the exploits of Trip Gibson, a young American aviator who cannot resist the alluring danger of air combat in 1940 and beyond. Look for "Where Eagles Dare Not Fly," Book V of the Sunlit Silence series in late 2025.

Mason's "Four Women of the Revolution" (2022) is a remarkable story of the resilience and courage of women abandoned to their own devices by the revolution.

Frank A. Mason is also author of a series of modern suspense novels starring Mac McCall, a Florida beach-bum turned investigator. The Mac McCall novels, "Blue-Green for the Grave," (2022) and "The Bronze-Wound Lament" (2023) are available on Amazon.

Bob Amason, PhD, is a life member of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), where he is President of his local chapter. He is a member of the board of the National SAR Museum and serves as Vice Chairman of the Collections Management Subcommittee.

He lives in Florida with his wife, who is a university professor and author of a forthcoming series of children’s books. They share three successful adult children.