Steve Berry

Steve Berry is an American thriller writer and a former trial lawyer who practiced for thirty years and held elected office for fourteen. Born and raised in Georgia, he studied law at Mercer University and lives in St. Augustine, Florida. His first novels, The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy, appeared in 2003 and 2004.

He is best known for the Cotton Malone series, which began with The Templar Legacy in 2006 and follows a former Justice Department agent turned antiquarian bookseller in Copenhagen. He has also written stand-alone thrillers, co-written the Luke Daniels books with Grant Blackwood and the Cassiopeia Vitt novellas with M. J. Rose.

With his wife, Elizabeth, he founded History Matters, a historic preservation organization. He is a founding member of International Thriller Writers.