Rhys Bowen was born Janet Quin-Harkin in 1941 in Bath, England. She earned her bachelors degree from the University of London. Soon after graduation she worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation as a studio manager and writer. She then took a job working for a textbook company developing reading texts before writing her own books. Her first picture book - Peter Penny's Dance - was published in 1976 and changed her career to children's book author. The book earned praise and won numerous awards. In 1981 she wrote a teen novel entitled California Girl which became the first installment in Bantam's Sweet Dreams series. This series grew to include novels such as Love Match, Daydreamer, and Ten-Boy Summer. These Sweet Dreams books started a major trend in young adult publishing. they were praised as an encouragement to reading. Janet Quin-Harkin also authored non-series fiction for adolescents such as award winning novel Wanted: Date for Saturday Night and Summer Heat. She also wrote the young adult historical novels Madam Sarah and Fool's Gold. She then moved on to writng mystery novels whcih included her Constable Evans series. Her book Royal Blood made the New York Times Bestseller list.
Heather Graham is a pseudonym for Heather Graham Pozzessere. She is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author who has written over one hundred novels. She has won the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award and rhe The Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. Her series include: Camerons Saga: North American Woman Trilogy, Camerons Saga: Civil War Trilogy, Donna Miro and Lorna Doria Series and MacAuliffe Vikings Trilogy.
Alan Jacobson's first novel, False Accusations (Pocket Books) was a national bestseller in paperback. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English Writing form Queens College of the City of New York, and his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California. He achieved prominence as an Agreed Medical Examiner, and was subsequently appointed to the position of Qualified Medical Evaluator by the State of California. He has extensive experience testifying as an expert witness, which has exposed him to the many strengths and weaknesses of the judicial system. Dr. Jacobson lives in Northern California.
Paul Kemprecos, a Shamus Award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers, has coauthored all six NUMA Files novels with Clive Cussler. He currently lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
D. P. Lyle is a cardiologist and writer, based in California. He was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama, and served his residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas at Houston, followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute. He has practiced Cardiology for the past 40 years. He is the author of the Samantha Cody series which includes Devil's Playground, Double Blind, and Original Sin; the Dub Walker Series which includes, Stress Fracture, Hot Lights, Cold Steel, and Run to Ground; the Royal Pains series which includes First Do No Harm, and Sick Rich; and the Jake Longly Series which includes Deep Six, and A-List. His novella is entitled Even Steven. He edited the anthology, It's All in the Story, and contributed the essay, Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, to the anthology Thrillers: 100 Must Reads. His nonfiction work includes Murder and Mayhem, Forensics and Fiction, Howdunit Forensics, More Forensics and Fiction, Forensic Science, and Forensics for Dummies. His awards include the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2013 for Run to Ground, and the Macavity Award 2005 Best Non-Fiction for Forensics for Dummies. He has worked as a consultant for numerous televisions shows such as Law and Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Pretty, Little, Liars, and more. He is the co-host, with Jan Burke, of Crime and Science on Suspense Radio, since 2013.
Rhys Bowen was born Janet Quin-Harkin in 1941 in Bath, England. She earned her bachelors degree from the University of London. Soon after graduation she worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation as a studio manager and writer. She then took a job working for a textbook company developing re...