Jeff is a best-selling author who has been nominated for multiple Edgar Allen Poe and Anthony awards. Jeff was born in Texas and grew up in Austin and Dallas. He graduated from Rice University with a degree in History and English, and worked as a creative director at an advertising agency before turning his attention to writing. He lives in Austin with his wife and two sons.

Collision is the story of two men living very different lives - One, a successful corporate consultant named Ben who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as "Pilgrim". When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they've been framed in an elaborate setup. With everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his own - secrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies...

Dean Koontz is a New York Times best selling author, with books published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where he began dating his wife, Gerda, during his senior year of high school. They married four years later; in a way, Dean owes his writing career to her. Dean was working for a year and a half as an English teacher outside Harrisburg when Gerda, made him an offer he couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." Five years later, Gerda quit her job to run the business end of Dean's writing career. Dean and Gerda live in southern California.

In Odd Hours, Odd Thomas is haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide. He is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority...and in this dark night of the soul, dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.

This episode is an excerpt from The Compound by S.A. Bodeen. Award-winning author, Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen was raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. After graduating from college, she joined the Peace Corps and traveled to Africa where she was inspired to write her first book, Elizabeti's Doll which received high praise for its unpretentiousness and its sensitivity to Tanzanian culture. Bodeen now lives in Washington state with her family.

The Compound is a compelling young adult novel in which Rex Yanakakis tells of his family's escape from nuclear holocaust into a vast and luxurious underground shelter to spend years in safety while nearly everyone else on the planet perishes. There is no contact with the outside world-or so they thought...

T. Jefferson Parker has lived his entire life in Southern California and his novels have appeared on many bestseller lists. Parker's first novel, Laguna Heat, was written on evenings and weekends while he worked as a journalist; it was originally published in 1986. When not working on his books, Parker spends his time with his family, hiking, hunting, fishing, and haunting the public tennis courts. He enjoys diving, snorkeling, and travel and escapes to the desert in the spring and fall to hike the country and avoid telephones.

In Laguna Heat, Tom Shephard, Laguna Beach's new homicide detective, is trying to rebuild a broken career, recover from an unwanted divorce, and rediscover himself back in his old hometown. Laguna Beach, Orange County's wealthy, tennis and sun-loving resort, is chic and nearly crime-free-until a crazed killer turns paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violence...

Ann Maxwell started her career in 1975 writing science-fiction but began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell in 1982. Under this name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America. Since July of 1992, she has had 30 novels on the New York Times Best-Seller list.

In Untamed, Dominic has returned from the Crusades in glory and triumph to claim his reward: the beautiful bride granted to him by the conqueror king. But Meg, beloved daughter of a sacred tribe of the Celtic mystics, fears an ancient curse that could bring further turmoil to her battle-scarred land...and sorrow to her marriage bed.