Catherine Coulter is the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling FBI thrillers "The Cove," "The Maze," " The Target," " The Edge," " Riptide, Hemlock Bay," " Eleventh Hour," " Blindside," " Blowout," " Point Blank," " Double Take," " TailSpin," " KnockOut," " Whiplash," " Split Second," " Backfire," " Bombshell," and "Power Play." She is also the author, with J. T. Ellison, of the "New York Times"-bestselling "The Final Cut" and "The Lost Key." Coulter lives in Sausalito, California.