Iris Johansen is the author of more than thirty
New York Times bestsellers. Her series featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has sold over twenty million copies and was the subject of the acclaimed Lifetime movie,
The Killing Game. Along with her son Roy, she has also co-authored the
bestselling series featuring investigator Kendra Michaels.
Roy Johansen began his professional writing career with his original screenplay for “Murder 101,”written in college and for which he won the national FOCUS (Films of College and University Students) award, a competition sponsored by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was later produced for cable television and starred Pierce Brosnan, and the script was awarded the Edgar Allen Poe award in the Best Television Miniseries or Movie category. Johansen has since written screenplays for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Disney, and MGM, and, more recently, has written several New York Times bestselling mystery novels, including The Answer Man, Beyond Belief, Deadly Visions, Silent Thunder, Storm Cycle, Shadow Zone, and Close Your Eyes.
Elisabeth Rodgers is an actress and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. After graduating from Princeton University, she completed a two-year program at William Esper Studio, where she studied with Maggie Flanigan. Her audiobook narration training came from Robin Miles, who has also directed her in several productions. She has recorded dozens of books for a multitude of publishers.