Once an award-winning reporter for the Trenton (N.J.) Times, The Miami News and Miami Herald, John Katzenbach is the author of 16 best-selling novels and one non-fiction work. He has been published in over 30 countries, in dozens of languages. He has received writing awards in Germany, Austria, and France, in addition to the USA. He has lectured on the modern psychological thriller at universities, medical schools and festivals both in the states and abroad. He has been named a U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador. Four of his books have been filmed: The Wrong Man in France and Hollywood treatments of The Mean Season, Just Cause and Hart’s War. He is married to the journalist/author Madeleine Blais.