Back in Black

Heather Graham doesn’t just write stories—she builds haunted landscapes where history lingers and danger hides in plain sight. With a career spanning over three decades and more than 200 novels to her name, she has become a distinct voice in the realm of romantic suspense and paranormal thrillers. Her worlds are layered with eerie charm: think Civil War ghosts, cursed artifacts, and FBI agents navigating crimes that don’t quite follow the rules of reality.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Graham’s fascination with the strange and supernatural took root early, shaped by a rich backdrop of folklore, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and a deep love of theater. Before becoming a full-time novelist, she worked as an actress and a singer, and that flair for performance still pulses through her writing—dialogue that crackles, pacing that never drags, and scenes that feel made for the screen.

What sets her work apart is how effortlessly she blends suspense with the spectral. In her long-running Krewe of Hunters series, for example, law enforcement collides with the paranormal, creating a tense, often unsettling blend of crime-solving and ghostly encounters. Her characters are rarely just investigators—they’re believers, skeptics, survivors, and sometimes even mediums, each carrying their own shadows into the story.

Recognition has followed her quietly prolific output: Graham has landed on The New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists multiple times, and she’s a recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Yet despite the accolades, her work remains deeply grounded in the idea that human emotion—love, fear, loss—is what gives both mystery and magic their weight.

Whether she’s weaving a tale set in the sultry streets of New Orleans or a colonial mansion in Virginia, Graham’s stories linger where the past refuses to stay buried, and where every creak in the floorboards might mean something more.

Andrew Child steps into the high-stakes world of thrillers with a confidence built from years of crafting suspense, intricate plots, and morally charged characters. Born Andrew Grant in Birmingham, England, in 1968, he spent his early years immersed in stories that balanced cleverness with danger, a fascination that would shape both his solo work and his role in continuing one of the most famous thriller franchises in the world.

Before assuming stewardship of the Jack Reacher series, Andrew built a reputation with his own tightly plotted thrillers, including the David Trevellyan novels and the Cooper Devereaux series. His stories are anchored in intelligence, observation, and the moral dilemmas faced by those who operate in shadowed spaces. Themes of loyalty, justice, and consequence run through his work, whether he’s following espionage operatives, detectives, or everyday people caught in extraordinary circumstances.

In 2020, he took on a defining challenge: continuing the Reacher series alongside his brother, Lee Child. Under the pen name Andrew Child, he co-authored The Sentinel and subsequent novels, blending his own narrative voice with the established cadence and tension that fans expect. His contributions have ensured that Jack Reacher remains a global phenomenon, preserving the series’ lean, cinematic prose while introducing subtle shifts in characterization and plotting that refresh the long-running saga.

Andrew’s writing is marked by precision, pacing, and a keen sense of suspense. Action sequences unfold with clarity and intensity, while character motivations and ethical quandaries give the narratives emotional weight. His novels have consistently earned critical attention and commercial success, with both solo works and Reacher installments reaching bestseller lists internationally.

Away from the page, he balances writing with family life, living in the United States alongside his wife, novelist Tasha Alexander. For readers seeking taut, intelligent thrillers where every choice carries weight and danger can lurk anywhere, Andrew Child offers stories that are both exhilarating and thoughtful—a continuation of a beloved legacy and a testament to his own skill in the craft of suspense.

Ward Larsen writes thrillers that feel lived in, shaped by a life spent on the frontlines of risk and precision. Born in 1961, Larsen carved out a career as a fighter pilot during Operation Desert Storm, a federal law enforcement officer, and an airline captain, experiences that would later infuse his novels with technical authenticity and high-stakes realism. His firsthand knowledge of aviation, military operations, and covert procedures gives his suspense fiction a grounded intensity that few authors can match.

In 2004, Larsen introduced readers to David Slaton, a former Mossad operative whose lethal skills and moral complexity anchor the long-running Assassin series. Across novels such as The Perfect Assassin, Assassin’s Game, and Assassin’s Mark, Slaton navigates global conspiracies, high-stakes espionage, and personal codes of justice, keeping readers on edge while exploring the psychology of those who operate in shadows. Beyond Slaton, Larsen’s Jammer Davis series leans into his aviation expertise, mixing suspense with procedural depth, while stand-alone thrillers like Deep Fake examine the collision of technology, politics, and personal survival.

A USA Today bestselling author and multiple-time Florida Book Award recipient, Larsen has earned both critical and commercial acclaim. He has also collaborated with Brad Thor on Cold Zero and is set to enter the iconic Tom Clancy universe with Tom Clancy: Rules of Engagement, extending his reach in contemporary thriller fiction.

Larsen’s writing blends cinematic pacing, precise technical detail, and morally complex characters. Every aircraft maneuver, covert mission, and international plotline carries the weight of experience, creating thrillers that feel immediate, plausible, and compelling. For readers seeking espionage, military, and action thrillers with sharp plotting and authentic stakes, Ward Larsen delivers stories that pull you into danger and refuse to let go.

David earned a Bachelor of Science in Honors English from the United States Naval Academy. (That’s not a typo. He’s probably the only English major you’ll ever meet who took multiple semesters of calculus, physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, naval architecture, and weapons systems just so he could read some Shakespeare. It was totally worth it.)

After meeting Tom Clancy and reading The Hunt for Red October as a midshipman at the Naval Academy, he served six years as a commissioned officer in the nuclear-powered submarine force chasing the Russians in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. When the Soviet Union collapsed, David left the Navy for corporate life. For two decades, he schlepped his way around the globe as an itinerant executive in the high-tech sector, and did a stint with a Silicon Valley startup.

David is the author of more than twenty novels, including the six-book SynCorp Saga series about a corporate takeover of the solar system with co-creator Chris Pourteau.  His short fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies. 

 With retired naval intel officer JR Olson, he writes contemporary national security thrillers that look less like fiction every time he checks the news. 

Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of Kaua‘i Storm (Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mystery) and the Lily Wong mystery thriller series—The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, The Ninja Betrayed, and The Ninja’s Oath—Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards finalist and winner of the 2021 Crimson Scribe Award for Best Book of the Year. She also penned the standalone Brazilian dark fantasy Dance Among The Flames.

Before writing, Tori performed as an actress, singer, dancer on Broadway, television, and film in such shows as the original first national company of Cats, The Love Boat, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Born and raised in Honolulu—of Hawaiian, Chinese, Norwegian descent—Tori graduated from Punahou School with classmate Barack Obama. After living in NYC and Los Angeles, for over 35 years, she now lives and writes from Portland, Oregon. Her deep interest in world culture has prompted her to visit nine countries, including Brazil, China, and Japan. Tori holds a 5th degree black belt in To-Shin Do ninja martial arts and has taught classes and seminars across the U.S.

Called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post, Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York Times-bestselling author of thirty-one novels—including the Nick Ryan series and six in Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series—short stories, poetry, and essays.

In addition to his acclaimed series characters, Moe Prager and Gus Murphy, he has written the stand-alone novel Gun Church and collaborated with decorated Irish crime writer Ken Bruen on the novel Tower.

Reed is a four time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories: Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, and Best Short Story. He is a four-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best PI Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie, Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards.

With their kids moved away to far off Brooklyn, Reed, his wife Rosanne, and their cats live in the wilds of Suffolk County on Long Island.

USA Today bestselling author Don Bruns is the author of three mystery series. His first novel, Jamaica Blue was championed by author Sue Grafton and became the cornerstone for his Caribbean series. His second series, the Stuff series, involves two twenty-four year old private detectives in Miami. The books have been praised for their humor, their compelling story lines and the characters. A starred review in Booklistcompares the novels to Mark Twain's Huck Finn.

Bruns's newest series, the Quentin Archer mysteries, involves a New Orleans homicide detective and a voodoo practitioner who team up to solve crime in the Big Easy. Read about the series here.

Traveling the country as a guitar playing comic, Bruns worked the Playboy Circuit, Las Vegas, and a number of night clubs across the country. As a writer, he has traveled the country for book signings, signing twice at the Playboy Mansion.

Bruns is a musician, song writer, advertising guru, painter, cook, stand-up comic and novelist who has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up.