Petrea Burchard is an actor, audiobook narrator, and writer. Her stage experience covers everything from Second City comedy to Shakespeare, and her resume includes television, film, and voice-over work. When she's not narrating audiobooks in her Los Angeles home studio, she loves to travel.
Catherine Coulter is the New York Times bestselling author of over ninety books. Her numerous historical romances established her as an icon in the genre and a must-read for readers world wide. Coulter's readership has also grown exponentially with her hugely popular "unputdownable" FBI thriller series.
Kelley Armstrong believes experience is the best teacher, though she's been told this shouldn't apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery, and fencing. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out.
Allison Brennan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of three dozen thrillers and numerous short stories. She was nominated for Best Paperback Original Thriller by International Thriller Writers, two Daphne du Maurier Awards, and is a five-time RITA finalist for Best Romantic Suspense.
J. T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels, and the EMMY® award-winning cohost of the literary TV show A Word on Words. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.
Jamie Freveletti is a trial attorney, martial artist, and runner. Her debut thriller, Running from the Devil, was chosen as a "Notable Book" by the Independent Booksellers of America, awarded Best First Novel by the International Thrillers Writers as well as a Barry Award for Best First Novel.
K. J. Howe is the author of the Thea Paris series.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious RITA, a Golden Heart, and a Daphne du Maurier. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages. She is the author of the international bestselling Charley Davidson series.
Shannon Kirk is the award-winning, international bestselling author of Method 15/33, The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall, In the Vines, and Gretchen. Shannon has also contributed to thriller anthologies Night of the Flood, Swamp Killers, and on Border Noir.
Tosca Lee is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Single Light, The Line Between, The Progeny, The Legend of Sheba, Iscariot, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and been optioned for TV and film.
Like her fictional character Claudia Rose in the award-winning Forensic Handwriting series, Sheila Lowe is a real-life forensic handwriting expert who testifies in court cases. She also writes the Beyond the Veil paranormal suspense series and nonfiction books about handwriting and personality.