ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The Gordons, a husband-wife team, began their writing careers on newspapers and magazines. Gordon Gordon was a roving correspondent for the Hearst newspapers, editor of the Tucson ( Arizona ) Daily Citizen, and publicity writer at 20th Century-Fox. Mildred, a native of Kansas , wrote for United Press and was editor of Arizona magazine. Both are graduates of the University of Arizona .
Gordon worked for several years with the FBI Bureau in Washington, D. C. and Chicago. During World War II, while Gordon was involved in counterespionage cases, Mildred decided to show her husband that women are just as good detectives as men by writing a suspense novel. In 1950 they began their literary collaboration. Since then they have produced twelve suspense novels, many of which have been converted into motion pictures. The Gordons are avid travelers; they use only first-hand information about their locales in their books. Their home is in Encino , California .