Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, he worked in Switzerland before returning to the United States to pursue a career as a novelist. He's the bestselling author of five acclaimed novels, Numbered Account, The Runner, The First Billion, The Devil's Banker and The Patriot's Club. He lives in California with his wife and children.
Christopher Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden and Light Before Day. He is also a regular columnist for The Advocate. The Snow Garden won a Lambda Literary Award. Rice lives in West Hollywood.
James Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous thrillers, including Map of Bones. You'll often find him underground or underwater as an amateur caver and scuba diver.
From these hobbies sprang his earlier thrillers Subterranean, Amazonia, Ice Hunt and Sandstorm.
M. J. Rose is the international bestselling author of eight thrillers, including The Halo Effect, The Delilah Complex and The Venus Fix. She has been a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award and the Anthony Award. She has also coauthored two nonfiction books and is on the board of International Thriller Writers, Inc. Her work has also appeared in Wired.com, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Poets & Writers. She is presently published in ten countries, including Japan, Israel and Russia. In addition, Rose runs the popular Buzz, Balls and Hype and Backstory blogs and is the creator of
James Siegel is the New York Times bestselling author of Derailed and Detour. His first thriller, Epitaph, was nominated for a Shamus Award as best first novel. Derailed, with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, was released in 2004 as a major motion picture, and Detour is in production.
Brad Thor, a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Southern California, is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin, State of the Union and Blowback. He and his family divide their time between Park City, Utah, and the Greek island of Antiparos. Visit his Web site at
M. Diane Vogt is the author of the acclaimed Judge Wilhelmina Carson legal thrillers. The Chinese government purchased and translated Diane's fiction and nonfiction as an entertaining read, reflective of American life and the legal system. A lawyer in private practice for more than twenty-five years, Diane has represented the world's largest corporations as well as individuals and governments.
F. Paul Wilson is the award-winning, New York Times bestsell-ing author of thirty books and over a hundred short stories spanning horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction and virtually everything in between. More than seven million copies of his books are in print in the United States and his work has been translated into twenty-four languages. He also has written for the stage, screen and interactive media. Wilson is the creator of the popular Repairman Jack thrillers.