Karin Slaughter - Like A Charm

John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. He is the author of five bestselling novels, including the Charlie Parker mystery novels Every Dead Thing, Dark Hollow, The Killing Kind, The White Road, and the thriller Bad Men. His website address is www.johnconnolly.co.uk

Jane Haddam is the author of a series of mysteries featuring Gregor Demarkian and set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut, with her two sons.

Laura Lippman was a long-time journalist and has published eight novels, winning virtually every major prize given to US crime writers, including the Edgar, Shamus and Nero Wolfe. She lives in Baltimore.

Peter Moore Smith lived in Panama, Nebraska, Alaska, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey and Virginia – all before he was twelve. He then spent eight years in Europe before attending university. His short fiction has appeared in several American publications and his short story 'Oblivion, Nebraska ' was selected for inclusion in the Pushcart Prize in 2000. He is also the author of Ravelling and is currently directing a feature film based on his screenplay, Forgetting the Girl.

Jerrilyn Farmer grew up in Lincolnwood, Illinois. After acting professionally in Chicago and Los Angeles, she joined the writing staff of Jeopardy! She has also written dozens of television specials, from celebrity interviews to comedy sketches, has created and produced seven television pilots and was the head writer for many seasons of the game show, Supermarket Sweep. She is the author of the award-winning, No.l Los Angeles Times bestselling, Madeline Bean novels, including Sympathy for the Devil, Dim Sum Dead and Mumbo Gumbo. Her new novel, Perfect Sax, will be published in 2004. Today, Jerrilyn divides her time between writing, enjoying her family, and teaching mystery writing at UCLA Extension's writers' Program.

Artist Bill Burgess lives with his wife Maggie in Monticello, Florida.