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ABOUT THE EDITOR
Patrick Millikin is a longtime bookseller at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a freelance writer; his articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Review of Books, True West, and other publications. He is the editor of Phoenix Noir (Akashic Books, 2009), which contained the Edgar Award–winning story “Amapola” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Millikin lives with his wife, Sandra, in Phoenix. He currently drives a 1997 Chevrolet Cheyenne K2500 pickup and is slowly restoring a 1960 Cadillac Sedan DeVille.
CONTRIBUTORS
Ace Atkins is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen books, including the Edgar-nominated Quinn Colson novels and five critically acclaimed continuations of Robert B. Parker’s beloved Spenser series. A former newspaper reporter and SEC football player, Atkins also writes essays and investigative pieces for several national magazines, including Outside and Men’s Journal. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his family, where he’s friend to many dogs and several bartenders. He drives a 2000 Ford F-150 with over 350,000 miles on the odometer.
C. J. Box is the bestselling author of twenty-one novels, including the Joe Pickett series. His latest, Off the Grid, debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Box’s many awards include the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009), the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Macavity Award, and, most recently, the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, and over ten million copies of his novels have been sold in the United States alone. Box lives in Wyoming with his wife, Laurie, and he drives a Ford F-150 Lariat four-by-four truck. His first-ever auto was a classic ’53 Chevy pickup.
Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels Save Yourself, Last Seen Leaving, and Josie and Jack. Her work has been published in the Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and several anthologies. She currently lives in upstate New York with her husband, the author Owen King, and is at work on a new novel. Braffet drives a hybrid Toyota Camry, which she realizes is not that exciting, but since it’s one of the models that have been known to accelerate uncontrollably occasionally, she still feels pretty dangerous.
Michael Connelly is the New York Times–bestselling author of twenty-one novels featuring LAPD detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch. He has also written six novels featuring LA defense attorney Mickey Haller (the first of which, The Lincoln Lawyer, was adapted into a feature film starring Matthew McConaughey) as well as several stand-alone crime thrillers. Sixty million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and his work has been translated into thirty-nine languages. He has won the Edgar Award, the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, the Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, the Shamus Award, and many others. Connelly is also a producer and writer for Bosch, the Amazon Prime television show based on his work. Connelly lives with his family in Florida and California. Connelly’s latest novel is The Wrong Side of Good-Bye. He currently drives a 2014 Chrysler 300 SRT8.
Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning number-one New York Times–bestselling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science PhD with a background in scripting ‘Scrooge McDuck’ comics.” The series is published in forty-two countries and thirty-eight languages, with twenty-seven million copies in print worldwide. Gabaldon’s current writing projects include the ninth major novel in the Outlander series, as yet untitled, and a collection of novellas. She is a coproducer and adviser for the Outlander TV series, produced by the Starz network and Tall Ship Productions, which is drawn from her novels. Gabaldon lives with her husband, Doug Watkins, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Watkins provided both the original suggestion for “Fogmeister” and the historical research on which the story is based, and he is a car enthusiast himself; at the moment, he's restoring/rebuilding a 1971 Firebird from the wheels up. (Diana drives an Audi S6.)
Sara Gran is the author of the novels Dope, Come Closer, Saturn’s Return to New York, and the Claire DeWitt series. Her books have been published in over a dozen countries and as many languages. Sara Gran also writes for television and film and worked for two years with the Peabody-winning John Wells production Southland. Born and raised in Brooklyn, now living in California, Gran has worked with books as a writer, bookseller, and collector for most of her career. She currently drives a filthy Mini Cooper around Los Angeles.
Patterson Hood is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and a founding member of the Drive-By Truckers, whose latest recording, American Band, is set for a fall 2016 release. He has also done three solo albums, the most recent of which is Heat Rumbles in the Distance (2012). As an author, Hood has written a number of essays and articles that have appeared on NPR and in such publications as the New York Times and the Oxford American. Hood was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where his father was bassist for the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Hood’s past cars have included a 1957 Dodge Custom Royal and a souped-up 1969 Chevy pickup, but now he just drives a Subaru Outback and a Honda minivan.
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels, including the popular Hap and Leonard series, and numerous short stories. His work has been published in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received many awards, including the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, and, most recently, the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for his novel Paradise Sky. His work has been adapted for film (Bubba Ho-Tep, Cold in July) and television (the Sundance Channel’s Hap and Leonard). Lansdale lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, and he drives a Toyota Prius.