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Larry Bond (born 1951/1952) is an American author and wargame designer. He is the designer of the Harpoon and Command at Sea gaming systems, and several supplements for the games. Examples of his numerous novels include Dangerous Ground, Day of Wrath, The Enemy Within, Cauldron, Vortex and Red Phoenix. He also co-authored Red Storm Rising with Tom Clancy.

Bond graduated from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1973 with a degree in Quantitative Methods. After two years of working as computer programmer, he entered the United States Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, graduating in 1976. He spent six years on active naval duty, including four years on destroyers, followed by two years in the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program. After leaving the navy, he worked as a naval analyst for defense consulting firms in the Washington, D.C. area.