Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-seven New York Times bestsellers. She has published more than eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages, and four books have been adapted for film. She has serves as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writers association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature.

C.J. Box is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels including the award-winning Joe Pickett series. Box has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel as well as the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Le Calibre .38 awards. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Box lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming.