Alison Gaylin is the author of Into the Dark, the Shamus Award-winning And She Was, the Edgar-nominated thriller Hide Your Eyes, as well as its sequel, You Kill Me, and two stand-alone novels, Trashed and Heartless. A graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Alison lives with her husband and daughter in upstate New York. Please visit her on the web at www.AlisonGaylin.com.