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.

Victor Slezak's films include The Siege, Just Cause, The Bridges of Madison County, and Beyond Rangoon. On television, he appeared in PBS's The Ponder Heart (director Martha Coolidge), and HBO's Path to War (director John Frankenheimer). His Broadway performances include Salome, with Al Pacino, Jackie: An American Life, and The Graduate, opposite Kathleen Turner.