DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the author of several best-selling Philadelphia-based crime thrillers, most recently Expiration Date and Severance Package. He also writes for Marvel Comics, and is especially proud that he once brought Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher, to the mean streets of Philly. He’s the former editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper, and lives with his family in the so-called “Great Northeast.”
DENNIS TAFOYA was born in Philadelphia and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His first novel, Dope Thief, was published by St. Martin’s Minotaur in 2009. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Liars Club, a Philadelphia-area writers group. His second novel, The Wolves of Fairmount Park, was published by St. Martin’s in June 2010.
JIM ZERVANOS is the author of the novel LOVE Park, which was hailed as “a love letter to Philadelphia” and a “tribute to the power of brotherly love.” His fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the story anthology Philly Fiction. He is a graduate of Bucknell University and the Warren Wilson MFA Program. An English and creative-writing teacher, he lives with his wife in the city’s art-museum area.
