Born in 1960, Shari Lapena is the queen of what would you do? fictiondomestic thrillers that play out like emotional landmines just waiting to explode. She was born and raised in Canada, a setting that often seeps quietly into her books, though never in a way that dominates. Her stories arent about flashy locations or complex criminal mastermindstheyre about you. Your neighbor. Your best friend. Your spouse. The everyday people who might just be hiding something you never saw coming.But before she was turning heads as a bestselling novelist, Lapena wore many different hats. She began her profe...

In a literary world bursting with polished fairytales and predictable happy endings, Sadie Kincaid barrels in like a storm fierce, unfiltered, and completely unforgettable. Born in the heart of England specific birth date not publicly disclosed, which only adds to her air of mystery, Sadie didnt emerge from the halls of Oxford or Cambridge like so many of her contemporaries. Her education? The school of hard knocks. Her textbooks? Life, loss, longing, and love.Before she was crafting her wildly popular romance series, Sadie Kincaid lived a life that reads like one of her novels a little dang...

Imagine stepping into a world where the line between hero and villain is blurred by shadowsand every answer leads to deeper, darker questions. Welcome to the mind of Brian Freeman, one of the finest architects of psychological thrillers today.Born on March 28, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, Brian Freeman grew up in the thick pulse of Americas Midwesta place that would later become the backdrop for many of his chilling, layered stories. Theres a certain irony in how Freemans suburban roots, bathed in everyday normalcy, could give rise to novels that strip away the faade of ordinary life to reveal ...

If there ever was a man who could outthink a villain, outfight a thug, and outwrite half of Hollywood, it would be Gregg Hurwitz. Born on January 20, 1973, in San Francisco, California, Hurwitz seemed destined for an ordinary life. But fateand a mind that refused to stay stillhad other plans. Instead of settling into the comfortable humdrum of normalcy, he vaulted himself into the worlds imagination, becoming one of the sharpest thriller writers of our generation.Gregg Hurwitz isnt just a novelist. Hes a screenwriter, comic book creator, television producer, and, as some readers might argue, a...

Born on July 31, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, Faye Kellerman was never the type to be boxed into one identity. Growing up, she wasnt the dreamy girl penning secret poems in the margins of her schoolbooks. No, Faye was the one conquering the iron walls of logic and numbers, earning a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from UCLA. But the story doesnt stop thereand neither did she. Armed with an insatiable curiosity, Kellerman went on to achieve her Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS from the University of California, Los Angeles, a profession rooted in precision, detail, and discipline. Sounds like the ...

Born on November 15, 1966, in Sydney, Australia, Liane Moriarty yes, pronounced like the villain from Sherlock Holmes, and no, shes not eviljust wickedly brilliant with plot twists is the literary genius behind some of the most jawdropping, soulpoking, and scandalspilling novels in contemporary fiction. Her books are the ones you pick up for a few pages before bed and find yourself still reading at 347 a.m., clutching your coffee like a lifeline the next morning.Liane didnt begin her life with a pen in hand and bestseller dreamsthough she did pen her first novel in Grade One and proudly titled...

Every once in a while, an author comes along who doesnt just write storiesthey haunt your bookshelf. Natasha Preston is one such name. With her gripping young adult thrillers and mindbending plot twists, shes earned her place as a household name in the world of suspense fiction. But who is the woman behind the chilling stories that keep readers awake late into the night, flipping pages and whispering, Just one more chapter?Born on April 5, 1988, in England, Natasha Preston didnt grow up dreaming of becoming a bestselling author. In fact, her journey into writing wasnt a carefully planned caree...

Imagine being told you couldnt write because you were the wrong gender. Now imagine spending decades proving the world wrong one bestselling murder mystery at a time. Thats Judith Ann Jance for you, known to her legions of loyal readers as J.A. Jance. Born on October 27, 1944, in Watertown, South Dakota, she didnt just defy expectations she torched them with a burning pen dipped in suspense and human insight.The Woman Behind the PenRaised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance grew up in a coppermining town surrounded by secrets, silence, and shadows the perfect ingredients for a future mystery writer. ...

If theres a literary wizard who can bottle the feeling of golden summer nights, unspoken second chances, and the bittersweet ache of time slipping through your fingers, its Carley Fortune. Born on July 26, 1984, in Toronto, Canada, Fortune didnt just wander into the world of storytellingshe practically cannonballed into it, armed with heartache, hope, and an uncanny ability to turn small moments into sweeping emotional epics.And no, dear reader, shes very much alivethankfully, because we desperately need her next book.Before becoming one of the most celebrated contemporary romance authors of t...

If youve ever felt your pulse quicken while reading about dinosaurs that refused to stay extinct, or secret viruses threatening to wipe out humanity, then youve already stepped into the mind of Michael Crichton. And let me tell youonce you enter, theres no going back.Born on October 23, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Crichton seemed destined to shake up the literary and cinematic world. But did anyone expect that this towering figureliterally towering at 69would one day be called the father of the technothriller? Not exactly. In fact, Crichton began his journey not as a novelist but as a ...