Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.

LOCK THE DOORS,
DRAW THE SHADES, PULL UP
THE COVERS AND BE PREPARED
FOR THRILLER TO KEEP YOU
UP ALL NIGHT.

James Patterson is one of the top-selling novelists in the world today. He is the author of a string of major national bestsellers, perhaps the most famous of which are the nine books in the series featuring detective/psychologist Alex Cross. Two Alex Cross stories - Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls - went on to become Paramount Pictures feature-film adaptations starring Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman.

Patterson grew up in Newburgh, New York. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Manhattan College and summa cum laude with an M.A. in English from Vanderbilt University. He lives in Palm Beach County, Florida, with his wife and their young son.

All contributors to Thriller are members of the newly formed International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW). In the short time of its existence, its roster reads like a who's who of thriller writing. Headed by copresidents David Morrell and Gayle Lynds, the board of directors consists of Lee Child, David Dun, Tess Gerritsen and M. J. Rose. Information is available on the ITW Web site, InternationalThrillerWriters.com.