Jane Stanton Hitchcock is the New York Times-bestselling author of six mystery novels—Trick of the Eye, The Witches’ Hammer, Social Crimes, One Dangerous Lady, and Mortal Friends. She is also a celebrated playwright and screenwriter. Her newest, Bluff, draws on her passion for poker—she is an avid player who competes in the World Poker Tour…
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are screenwriters and showrunners who have worked extensively in film and television but are best known for creating the iconic series Smallville. The duo’s latest hit, Into the Badlands, is in its third season on AMC-TV. They met while attending the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC and have been…
Stephanie Jo Harris is an author of psychological thrillers who professes to have “a special affection for all things disturbing and uncomfortable.” A lifelong Midwesterner and a licensed therapist, she introduced a compelling new series with last year’s The Poet, which chronicles the dangerous relationship between enigmatic assassin Jack Shelley and his beautiful paramour, Rebecca…
Dave Richards interviews author MD Marie about Vindication, her new four-issue comic series, and collaborating with artists Carlos Miko and Dema Jr. Combining the comic medium and crime fiction, Vindication grapples with biases and flaws of the criminal justice system. Crime fiction is like a healthy and great-tasting dessert: the frosting is in the exciting twists and…
Laura Benedict is the Edgar- and ITW Thriller Award-nominated author of eight novels of suspense, ranging from the cozy charms of Small Town Trouble (for the Familiar Legacy series) to her Bliss House gothic trilogy. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine as well as anthologies including Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, The Lineup:…
Matthew Quirk is a New York Times bestselling author whose newest thriller, The Night Agent, is now on sale. Quirk studied history and literature at Harvard College. After graduation, he spent five years at The Atlantic reporting on crime, private military contractors, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. He lives in San Diego. About The Night…
The Silent Patient introduces us to Alicia Berenson, a happily married artist who murders her husband and never speaks again. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber sets out to unravel the mystery of Alicia’s notorious crime and quickly discovers that nothing about her case is as clear-cut as it seems. With film rights snapped up by the…
Bryan Gruley is a lifelong journalist who shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Wall Street Journal in 2002 for its coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Formerly the Chicago bureau chief of WSJ, Gruley is now a staff reporter for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. He also authored the popular Starvation Lake trilogy:…
Ben Aaronovitch is a HUGO Award-nominated author. He began his career as a screenwriter and contributed to the original two seasons of the television show, Doctor Who, among others. Aaronovitch later became a bookseller before returning to writing with his Sunday Times bestselling Rivers of London series of contemporary urban fantasy/crime fiction novels. He was born and…
Julie Hyzy is a New York Times bestselling and Anthony Award-winning author best known for writing cozy mysteries. These include the White House Chef mystery series, the Manor of Murder mystery series, and the Alex St. James mystery series. Her new novel, Virtual Sabotage (available October 23, 2018), is standalone techno-thriller that marks a bold new creative…
