– I am sure you and Chris Kyle were good friends. Jason Hall and Clint Eastwood did a great job. – If you were engaged to do the script of the movie, what would you change? – I hired DeFelice to help do some finish work on the book after Chris and I had started it. – Would you describe the routine work between you, Chris Kyle and other co-author Jim DeFelice during the preparation process of the book? – I met Chris Kyle through another Navy SEAL and we became friends. – How you’ve got engaged in American sniper project? – Eyes on Target is a non-fiction book based on the lives of several SEAL operators telling stories of how and why they became SEALs. – Eyes on Target is your last published book. Unlike when one tells an actual biographical or autobiographical account, fiction (changing operators, dates, names and locations) does not requires submission to the DOD. – Do you have some problems with Department of defense for unveiling some of the missions or scenes in your book that happened in the battle fields?

I would say the reality of the world and the Ops we place him in is roughly 70% real. – Gil Shannon is definitely a soldier made from several real guys (SEAL Team operators) that I have known. – Tell us something more about your main character Gil Shannon? I read that he was constructed from real life SEAL solders, but what is the fiction percentage of his creation? The SEAL Teams live by a code and it is important to remain within that code at all times. – The biggest challenge is to remain true to the characters and the tactics they use. – What was the biggest challenge during the write up process? The first engagement with the bad guys takes place in Paris-figure that! – The next book teams Gil Shannon up with some international operators in Europe to battle some very bad terrorist elements there. Would you share what to expect from the next chapter of A Sniper Elite Novel? McEwen, your next release The Sniper and the Wolf is coming up in May. During our chat the writer unveiled how the book was planed and how he felt when learn the news about Chris Kyle’s death. box office and the book is on the first place on Amazon bestseller list. The interview with Scott McEwen was done during the days when the movie is hunting down $200 mil. The Sniper and the Wolf is set for premiere in May. The well known author of The SEAL team books is ready to release another heroic story. The biggest hit in the book stores and in the cinemas American Sniper could never been born if one part of the team behind the memoir, Scott McEwen, had not been on board.

Eyes on Target by Scott McEwen