L.J. Sellers is a native of Eugene, Oregon, the setting of her thrillers. She’s an award-winning journalist and a two-time Readers’ Favorite Award winner—as well as a cyclist, social networker, and thrill-seeker. A long-standing fan of police procedurals, she counts John Sandford, Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, and Lawrence Sanders among her favorite authors. Her own Detective Jackson series includes The Sex Club; Secrets to Die For; Thrilled to Death; Passions of the Dead; Dying for Justice; Liars, Cheaters, & Thieves; Rules of Crime; Crimes of Memory; and now Deadly Bonds. In addition, she’s penned three stand-alone thrillers—The Baby Thief, The Gauntlet Assassin, and The Lethal Effect—as well as two books in a new series about undercover FBI Agent Jamie Dallas: The Trigger and The Target. When not plotting crime, L.J. has been known to perform stand-up comedy and occasionally jump out of airplanes.