David Baldacci is an American thriller writer born August 5, 1960, in Richmond, Virginia. He earned a B.A. in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, then practiced law in Washington, D.C. for nine years before his 1996 debut novel, Absolute Power, became an international bestseller. He has since published more than 40 novels, including the Amos Decker, Camel Club, and King and Maxwell series, and co-founded the Wish You W...
Dennis Lehane is an American novelist born August 4, 1965, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for a series of hardboiled mysteries featuring Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, beginning with A Drink Before the War (1994), and for standalone novels including Mystic River, Shutter Island, The Given Day, and Small Mercies. Four of his novels have been adapted into films: Mystic River (2003, directed by Clint Eastwood), Gone Baby Go...
American author best known for the Agent Pendergast thriller series, co-written with Lincoln Child since Relic (1995). He also writes solo thrillers and nonfiction on archaeology, exploration and natural history, including The Monster of Florence and The Lost City of the Monkey God. He began his career at the American Museum of Natural History and has served as president of the Authors Guild.
Francis Paul Wilson is an American author of horror, science fiction, and thriller fiction, best known for The Keep and the long-running Repairman Jack series. A practicing physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) in New Jersey, he made his fiction debut with Healer (1976). His honors include the Horror Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2005 World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, and the Libertarian Futurist Society's Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement (...
Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.
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Sir Ian Rankin (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, beginning with Knots and Crosses (1987). He studied at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1982, and has since written more than thirty novels, most set in and around Edinburgh. He was appointed OBE in 2002 for services to literature, received the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 2005, and was knighted in the...
James Rollins is the author behind the thrilling novel Face Off. He's known for his action-packed thrillers that blend adventure with science and history. If you enjoy fast-paced stories with a touch of the unexpected, you'll want to check out his work.
Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American author of crime and suspense novels, best known for the Lincoln Rhyme series that began with The Bone Collector (1997), later adapted into a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University, and worked as a journalist and attorney before writing full time. He has served as president of the Mystery Writers of Americ...
A Pulitzer-winning American journalist, John Roswell Camp was asked to write the _Prey_ series of novels under the pseudonym John Sandford. With the popularity of that series, he continued to use the same pseudonym for subsequent novels, including even the sequels to Camp's earlier Kidd novels.
John T. Lescroart is the author of the thrilling mystery, No Rest for the Dead. He's a master of suspense, weaving intricate plots that keep you guessing until the very end. If you enjoy a good page-turner, you'll want to check out his work.
Joseph Finder is the author of the thriller Face Off. He writes gripping suspense novels that keep you on the edge of your seat.
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." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. He was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 a...
Lincoln Child is the author of Face Off, a thrilling novel that fans of suspense will enjoy. He's known for his gripping stories that keep you turning pages.
Linda Fairstein is a former prosecutor and author of the popular Alexandra Cooper mystery series. Her latest novel, Face Off, continues her tradition of thrilling legal suspense.
Linwood Barclay, a New York Times bestselling author and with nearly twenty novels to his credit, spent three decades in newspapers before turning full time to writing thrillers. His books have been translated into more than two dozen language, sold millions of copies, and he counts Stephen King among his fans. Many of his books have been optioned for film and TV, a series has been made in France, and he wrote the screenplay for the film based on his novel Never Saw it Coming. Born in the US, hi...
Lisa Gardner is a master of suspense. Her novel The Perfect Husband is a chilling thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. If you love a good mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat, you'll want to check out her work.
Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books, which have been translated into 39 languages, have garnered him many awards. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.
Peter James is a global bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. With a total of 16 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 20 million copies to date and has been translated into 37 languages.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career – which also included stints writing for TV and...
Raymond Khoury is the author of the thrilling novel No Rest for the Dead. He's known for his suspenseful stories that keep you guessing. If you enjoy a good mystery, you'll want to check out his work.
Robert Lawrence Stine, known professionally as R. L. Stine, is an American author of horror and comedy fiction for children and young adults. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University and began his career writing for Scholastic magazines and humor books before turning to horror fiction with Blind Date (1986). He is best known for the Fear Street series, launched in 1989, and the Goosebumps series, launched in 1992, which together have sold more than 400 million copies world...
Rose, M. J. is the author of the gripping thriller, Face Off. If you enjoy suspenseful reads that keep you guessing, you'll want to check out their work.
Steve Berry is the author of the thriller Face Off. He writes suspenseful stories that keep you guessing.
Steve Martini is the author of the thriller Face Off. He writes gripping crime fiction that keeps you guessing.
T. Jefferson Parker is the author of the thriller No Rest for the Dead. He's known for his crime and suspense novels that keep you guessing.