James Patterson: Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night

Chris Mooney was twenty-eight when he published his first thriller, Deviant Ways. He is also the author of The Missing, World Without End and Remembering Sarah, which was nominated for a Barry Award and the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Visit him at www.chrismooneybooks.com.

David Morrell is the author of First Blood, the award-winning novel in which Rambo was created. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature from the Pennsylvania State University and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa, until he gave up his tenure to devote himself to a full-time writing career. David has published twenty-eight books, which have been translated into twenty-six languages. His numerous bestselling thrillers include Creepers, The Brotherhood of the Rose and Extreme

Denial, which is set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives. His Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing is an analysis of what he has learned during his thirty-seven years as a writer. He is a cofounder of International Thriller Writers, Inc.

Katherine Neville was for many years an international consultant and computer expert, numbering among her clients and employers the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OPEC, IBM, the Algerian government and the Bank of America. She has also been a professional model, portrait painter and commercial photographer. Katherine's first novel, The Eight, has been translated into nearly thirty languages and was recently voted one of the top ten books of all time, in a national poll in Spain. Her second book, A Calculated Risk, was a New York Times Notable Book, and The Magic Circle was a USA TODAY and an international bestseller. Katherine lives in Virginia, Washington D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Michael Palmer is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He started writing as a hobby in 1979 and has since published eleven novels of medical suspense, all international bestsellers. His work has been translated into thirty languages, and Extreme Measures was made into a film starring Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman and Sarah Jessica Parker. He's an avid tennis player and scuba diver, and holds the rank of bronze life master in bridge. Palmer lives in Massachusetts with the youngest of his three sons, Luke. Daniel James Palmer, Michael's middle son, holds a master's degree in communications from Boston University, and is a musician, songwriter and software professional. He lives with his wife and son in Southern New Hampshire, where he mountain bikes and plays tennis.

In one of the more unusual-and successful-writing collaborations in recent memory, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have coauthored ten bestselling thrillers over the past fifteen years. They met when Child, then a young editor at St. Martin's Press, asked Preston, a writer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, to pen a nonfiction history of the museum. The two later teamed up to write The Relic, set in a fictitious natural history museum, which was made into a hit film by Paramount Pictures. Their protagonist, the eccentric and brilliant Special Agent Pendergast, has become a cult hero among thriller readers. They also work solo: Child has written two thrillers and produced numerous ghost story anthologies, while Preston has written four nonfiction books and three thrillers, as well as occasional articles for the New Yorker magazine. Child is an aficionado of motorcycles, rare books, fast cars and exotic parrots, while Preston is a horseman and a member of the elite Long Riders' Guild. Both writers like to point out that they graduated from college with a "useless" degree in English literature.

Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, he worked in Switzerland before returning to the United States to pursue a career as a novelist. He's the bestselling author of five acclaimed novels, Numbered Account, The Runner, The First Billion, The Devil's Banker and The Patriot's Club. He lives in California with his wife and children.

Christopher Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden and Light Before Day. He is also a regular columnist for The Advocate. The Snow Garden won a Lambda Literary Award. Rice lives in West Hollywood.

James Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous thrillers, including Map of Bones. You'll often find him underground or underwater as an amateur caver and scuba diver.

From these hobbies sprang his earlier thrillers Subterranean, Amazonia, Ice Hunt and Sandstorm.

M. J. Rose is the international bestselling author of eight thrillers, including The Halo Effect, The Delilah Complex and The Venus Fix. She has been a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award and the Anthony Award. She has also coauthored two nonfiction books and is on the board of International Thriller Writers, Inc. Her work has also appeared in Wired.com, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Poets & Writers. She is presently published in ten countries, including Japan, Israel and Russia. In addition, Rose runs the popular Buzz, Balls and Hype and Backstory blogs and is the creator of AuthorBuzz.com. Visit all of these at www.mjrose.com.

James Siegel is the New York Times bestselling author of Derailed and Detour. His first thriller, Epitaph, was nominated for a Shamus Award as best first novel. Derailed, with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, was released in 2004 as a major motion picture, and Detour is in production.

Brad Thor, a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Southern California, is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin, State of the Union and Blowback. He and his family divide their time between Park City, Utah, and the Greek island of Antiparos. Visit his Web site at www.bradthor.com.

M. Diane Vogt is the author of the acclaimed Judge Wilhelmina Carson legal thrillers. The Chinese government purchased and translated Diane's fiction and nonfiction as an entertaining read, reflective of American life and the legal system. A lawyer in private practice for more than twenty-five years, Diane has represented the world's largest corporations as well as individuals and governments.

F. Paul Wilson is the award-winning, New York Times bestsell-ing author of thirty books and over a hundred short stories spanning horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction and virtually everything in between. More than seven million copies of his books are in print in the United States and his work has been translated into twenty-four languages. He also has written for the stage, screen and interactive media. Wilson is the creator of the popular Repairman Jack thrillers.