Thomas Keech is the author of two previous novels, The Crawlspace Conspiracy and Prey for Love. His work has been praised as "uncommonly entertaining" by Kirkus Reviews and "seriously amusing" by Publishers Weekly. Mr. Keech had a former life as an Assistant Attorney General representing the State of Maryland. He lives in Baltimore, where his wife Sharon publishes Baltimore's Child newspaper. He has two children, Dan "Height" Keech, a professional rapper, and Julie, a preschool teacher in a charter school in Washington, D. C.