The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child's "Relic" and "The Cabinet of Curiosities" were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and "Relic" was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include "Bloodless", "The Scorpion's Tail", "Crooked River", "Old Bones", and "Verses for the Dead".
In addition to his novels, Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and National Geographic magazines. Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as "Full Wolf Moon" and "Deep Storm".