Authors: Sandra Brown
Love is Murder (58 page)
In the past three years,
New York Times
bestselling author
SHERRILYN KENYON
has claimed the number-one spot sixteen times. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre she writes. With more than twenty-five million copies of her books in print in over one hundred countries, her current series include:
The Dark-Hunters, The League, Chronicles of Nick,
and
Belador
. Since 2004, she has placed more than fifty novels on the
New York Times
list in all formats including manga. The preeminent voice in paranormal fiction, with more than twenty years of publishing credits in all genres, Kenyon not only helped to pioneer, but define the current paranormal trend that has captivated the world. For more on Sherrilyn visit
www.SherrilynKenyon.com
.
JON LAND
is the acclaimed author of thirty thrillers, including the bestselling Caitlin Strong Texas Ranger series
Strong Enough To Die, Strong Justice, Strong at the Break,
and
Strong Vengeance
(July 2012). There are over seven million copies of his books in print in dozens of countries and six languages. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and can be found on the web at
www.jonlandbooks.com
.
New York Times
bestseller
DIANNA LOVE
spent her early years dangling over a hundred feet in the air to create unusual marketing projects for Fortune 500 companies. Now she’s released her energetic muse on writing high-octane thrillers and urban fantasy. Her first book won the prestigious RITA Award (as Dianna Love Snell) and she now coauthors with number one
New York Times
bestseller Sherrilyn Kenyon. The latest Kenyon-Love collaboration has resulted in the Belador urban fantasy series that debuted on the
New York Times,
USA TODAY, Publishers
Weekly
and Walmart bestseller lists in 2010 with
Blood Trinity
. The next Belador novel,
Atlerant,
was released September 2011 and
Cathbad’s Curse
will be out September 2012. When not speaking at national and international events throughout the year, Dianna lives in the metro Atlanta area with her motorcycle-instructor husband. For more on Dianna visit
www.AuthorDiannaLove.com
.
D. P. LYLE
, M.D. is the Macavity Award winning and Edgar® Award nominated author of the nonfiction books,
Murder & Mayhem, Forensics For Dummies, Forensics & Fiction, Forensics & Fiction 2,
and
Howdunnit: Forensics
as well as the Samantha Cody thrillers
Devil’s Playground
and
Double Blind,
the Dub Walker Thrillers
Stress Fracture
and
Hot Lights, Cold Steel,
and the media tie-in novels
Royal Pains: First, Do No Harm
and
Royal Pains: Sick Rich
based on the hit TV series. His essay on Jules Verne’s
The Mysterious Island
appears in
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads
.
He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as
Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades,
and
Pretty Little Liars.
He is a practicing cardiologist in Orange County, California.
Website:
www.dplylemd.com
Blog:
http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com
JAMES MACOMBER
is the author of the international legal thrillers featuring former Special Forces/NSA/CIA operator, now lawyer, John Cann—whom
Booklist
described as a “strong, multilayered protagonist with the star power to keep this series going for a very long time”—along with an ensemble cast of memorable characters in a Washington, D.C., international law firm with very close ties to the intelligence community.
At one time or another, Macomber has been a serviceman, student, bartender, waiter, salesman, tennis instructor, actor, lawyer, photographer and writer. This eclectic background—or checkered past—is reflected in the range of subject matter for his novels, which include terrorist networks in academia in
Bargained for Exchange,
assassinations in the Netherlands during the trial of the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie bombers in
Art & Part,
atrocities, international crime and human trafficking with the Bosnian war crimes trials as the backdrop in
A Grave Breach
and, in
Sovereign
Order,
the horrifying prospect of a catastrophic WMD attack on the “crown jewel of Formula 1 racing”, the Monaco Grand Prix.
When he’s not hanging out on Siesta Key, Florida, Jim is completing work on his fifth novel,
Extraordinary Rendition.
Visit his website at
www.jamesmacomber.com
.
TONI MCGEE CAUSEY
is the author of the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling “Bobbie Faye” novels—an action/caper series set in south Louisiana; the series was released in back-to-back publications, beginning with
Charmed and Dangerous, Girls Just Wanna Have Guns
and
When a Man Loves a Weapon
. While pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting as well as a Masters in Philosophy, Toni had scripts optioned by prominent studios and, just last year, produced an indie film,
LA-308,
which now has offers of distribution pending. Toni began her career by writing nonfiction for local newspapers, edited
Baton Rouge
Magazine,
and sold articles to places like
Redbook
and
Mademoiselle
. She was a contributor to the anthology
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans,
as well as
Killer Year: Stories to Die For
. She has had several of her blogs syndicated nationally from the group blog, “Murderati,” and she can currently be found at “Murder She Writes.” In her other life, she and her husband are the owners of a construction company which specializes in civil construction. She and her husband reside in New Orleans.
New York Times
bestselling author
CARLA NEGGERS
is always plotting her next adventure, whether in life or for one of her books. Her fertile imagination and curious nature make her ready for anything. It is also these qualities that sparked her love of reading as a child and continue to drive her passion for storytelling today. With her compelling blend of action, suspense and down-to-earth, realistic characters caught up in extraordinary circumstances, her novels never fail to take her readers on an exciting journey.
With more than sixty novels published and translations in dozens of languages, Carla most appreciates those moments when she feels she’s gotten the story just right—when it all comes together on the pages of her book, exactly the way she’s envisioned the tale in her mind. Then, when readers connect with the story, her satisfaction is complete.
When she’s not working on her next book, Carla enjoys traveling, hiking, kayaking and spending time with her large extended family. She’s always planning the next trip—and the next adventure—either of which just might inspire a new story.
Carla lives with her husband in Vermont on a hilltop not far from picturesque Quechee Gorge.
“When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book,”
BRENDA NOVAK
says. “I learned how to write by reading what others have written. The best advice for any would-be author: read, read,
read
… .”
Brenda sold her first book, and the rest is history. A
New York Times
and
USA TODAY
bestselling author of forty novels, Brenda Novak has been nominated for a prestigious RITA Award three times and won The National Reader’s Choice Award, the Bookbuyer’s Best, the Bookseller’s Best, the Writer Touch Reader Award, the Golden Quill, the Hold Medallion and the Award of Excellence, among others.
Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of five children—three girls and two boys. She juggles her writing career with her children’s softball and soccer games, field trips, carpool runs and homework sessions. When she’s not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually working on her annual fundraiser for diabetes research—an online auction held on her website (
www.brendanovak.com
) every May. To date, she has raised nearly $1.4 million for this cause.
With more than six million books in print—eighty-nine novels for Harlequin, Silhouette, HarperCollins, Dell and Del Rey—
PATRICIA ROSEMOOR
still finds new story forms and new characters that excite her.
Detective Shelley Caldwell first appeared in
Hot Case,
a Silhouette Bombshell. Combining her love of thrillers with urban fantasy with romance, Patricia experimented with 1st/3rd person. To her good fortune, she was able to reprise her characters and world in
Hot Trick,
a Carina Press digital first novel, and in the short story
Hot Corpse,
also available in digital formats. She was delighted to continue the series with
Hot Note
.
Patricia has received two Career Achievement Awards and two Reviewers’ Choice Best Novel Awards from
RT Book Reviews
. Her career as an author took off when she won a Golden Heart from Romance Writers of America for Best Young Adult Romance. In her other life, she teaches credit courses—Writing Popular Fiction and Suspense Thriller Writing—in the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago.
Since 2002,
WILLIAM SIMON
has been the owner and lead investigator for a licensed firm that handles computer forensics and electronic evidence exclusively. This work has led to a few interesting experiences.
He has a ridiculously broad-range DVD collection, listens to little else but music from the 1950s, still reads Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and is proud of the fact that he saw both Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin—live and on stage—in Las Vegas, many years ago.
Earlier works published under the pseudonym “Will Graham” include
Street Heat
and
Sometimes, There Really Are Monsters Under the Bed
, both available in ebook editions.
Spider’s
Dance,
a full-length novel featuring Nicholas White, is also available.
His website is:
www.wmsimon.com
ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF
is the author of the supernatural thrillers
The Harrowing, The Price
,
The
Unseen, Book of Shadows,
and
The Space Between,
the paranormal romance,
The Shifters,
and the paranormal trilogy
Twist of Fate,
and is a coauthor of the paranormal Keepers series, with Heather Graham and Harley Jane Kozak. She is a Thriller Award winner and a Bram Stoker and Anthony Award nominee. The
New York Times
Book Review called her novels “Some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre.”
As a screenwriter, Alex has sold original thriller scripts and adapted novels for numerous Hollywood studios, for producers such as Michael Bay, Laura Ziskin, David Heyman and Neal Moritz. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west, and the board of the Mystery Writers of America.
In nonfiction, Alex is the author of
Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!),
and
Writing Love,
workbooks based on her internationally acclaimed blog and workshops.
In her spare time (!) she performs with Heather Graham’s all-author Slush Pile Players and dances every chance she gets.
http://screenwritingtricks.com
ROXANNE ST. CLAIRE
is a
New York Times
bestselling author of twenty-seven novels of suspense and romance. Her most popular romantic suspense novels feature an elite cadre of bodyguards called The Bullet Catchers. In addition, she has published a trilogy focused on a family-based security firm known as The Guardian Angelinos. In 2012, Roxanne is launching a contemporary romance series set in fictional Barefoot Bay, as well as her first young adult novel,
Don’t You Wish
.
In addition to being a five-time RITA nominee and one-time RITA winner, Roxanne’s novels have won the National Reader’s Choice Award for best romantic suspense for two consecutive years, as well as the Daphne du Maurier Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Maggie, Booksellers Best, Book Buyers Best, and many others. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages and are routinely included as a Doubleday/Rhapsody Book Club Selection of the Month.
Roxanne lives in Florida with her husband and two teens, and can be reached via her website, www.roxannestclaire.com or on her Facebook reader page,
www.facebook.com/roxannestclaire
.
MARIAH STEWART
is the award-winning
New York Times, USA TODAY
and
Publishers Weekly
bestselling author of thirty novels, three novellas and three short stories, and has been featured in the
Wall Street Journal
. Her books are currently published by both Pocket Books and Ballantine Books. She has the unique distinction of having had the same agent and the same editorial team for every one of her novels.
A native of Hightstown, New Jersey, Stewart is a member of Novelists, Inc, Thriller Writers International, PASIC, the Romance Writers of America, the New Jersey Romance Writers, the Valley Forge Romance Writers and the Washington Romance Writers. She lives with her husband and their dogs amidst the rolling hills of Chester County, Pennsylvania, where she savors country life, tends her gardens, and tries to avoid running the Amish buggies off the road with her SUV.