Robert Crais is the author of nineteen previous novels, fifteen of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. They have won many awards, been on many bestseller lists, and now are Nr. 1. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues , Cagney & Lacey , Miami Vice , Quincy , Baretta , and L. A. Law , as well as for many other series and television movies. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Hill Street Blues . In 2005, one of his stand-alone novels, Hostage , the first to become a New York Times bestseller, was also made into a movie starring Bruce Willis.
The novels of Robert Crais have been translated into forty-two languages and are bestsellers around the world. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award for raising the standards of literary excellence. A native of Louisiana, he now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three cats, and many thousands of books.
