Terence Faherty is the author of thirteen novels, four nonfiction works, and numerous novellas and short stories. "Deadstick," the first in a series of eight Owen Keane titles, features a failed seminarian and metaphysical detective and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. In Faherty's second series, actor and WWII hero turned private eye Scott Elliott solves crimes against the faded glamour of post-war Hollywood. "Come Back Dead," the second book in the series, won the Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Novel. Terry lives in Indianapolis with his wife Jan.