Jeffery Deaver is the bestselling author of The Bodies Left Behind, The Sleeping Doll, The Cold Moon, The Blue Nowhere, The Bone Collector, The Empty Chair, The Devil's Teardrop, and fifteen other suspense novels. His book A Maiden's Grave was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel The Bone Collector was made into a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington. He lives in North Carolina.
Otto Penzler is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshops and the Mysterious Press and is an Edgar Award winner. He lives in New York City.