Jeff Mariotte is the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Brass in Pocket; CSI: Miami – Right to Die; horror trilogy Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, and Cold Black Hearts (all as Jeffrey J. Mariotte); The Slab; the Witch Season teen horror quartet; and others, as well as dozens of comic books, notably Desperadoes and Zombie Cop. He's a co-owner of the specialty bookstore Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego and lives in southeastern Arizona on the Plying M Ranch. For more information, please visit www.jeffmariotte.com.