place, and it still is.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Alafair Burke is the author of seven novels, including the best-selling thriller
Long Gone
and two mystery series, one featuring NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher and one featuring Portland deputy district attorney Samantha Kincaid. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and procedure at Hofstra Law School and lives in New York City. She welcomes e-mails from readers at
[email protected].
Lee Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater, he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV’s “golden age.” But after being let go in 1995 as a result of corporate restructuring, he decided to see an opportunity where others might see a crisis, so he bought six dollars’ worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book,
Killing Floor,
the first in the Jack Reacher series. It was an immediate success and launched the series, which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees and Aston Villa and Marseille soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.
Michael Connelly’s latest novels are
The Fifth Witness,
featuring Mickey Haller, and
The Drop,
with LAPD detective Harry Bosch. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages and have won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award,
Los Angeles Times
Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38-Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho Award (Spain). Michael was the president of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004 and edited both the MWA anthology
The Blue Religion
and the Edgar Allan Poe anthology
In the Shadow of the Master
. He lives with his family in Florida.
Mike Cooper is the pen name of a former financial executive. Under a different name, his short stories have received wide recognition, including a Shamus Award and inclusion in
The Best American Mystery Stories
. His new novel,
Clawback,
has just been published by Viking. Mike lives outside Boston with his family. Visit his website at www.mikecooperbooks.com.
Brendan DuBois of New Hampshire is the award-winning author of twelve novels and more than a hundred short stories. His latest novel,
Deadly Cove,
was published in July 2011 by St. Martin’s Press. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including
Playboy, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
and
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century,
edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler. His short stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and have also earned him three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. Visit his website at www.BrendanDuBois.com.
Jim Fusilli is the author of six novels; his latest,
Narrows Gate,
is a gangster epic set in the first half of the twentieth century in the Italian-American community of a gritty waterfront city in the shadow of Manhattan. A resident of New York City, Jim is also the rock and pop critic of the
Wall Street Journal
. His book
Pet Sounds,
described as “an experiment in music journalism,” is his tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ classic album.
Michelle Gagnon is the author of
The Tunnels, Boneyard, The Gatekeeper,
and
Kidnap & Ransom
. Her bestselling thrillers have been published in North America, France, Spain, Argentina, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Australia. In 2012, she will release two young-adult novels:
Don’t Turn Around,
under the HarperCollins Teen imprint, and
Strangelets,
with Soho Crime. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Darrell James is a fiction writer with residences in both Pasadena and Tucson. His short stories have appeared in numerous mystery magazines and book anthologies and have garnered a number of awards and honors, including finalist for the 2009 Derringer Awards. His first novel,
Nazareth Child,
was
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