Daniel Judson is a Shamus Award winner and the author of ten novels, including Avenged, The Poisoned Rose, The Bone Orchard, The Darkest Place, and Voyeur—taut, character-driven thrillers informed by the author’s practice of taking on his creations’ habits and milieus. Judson’s immersive research method lends his work a distinctive authenticity and has fostered an ever-expanding, eclectic skill set that includes Vipassana meditation, Filipino knife-fighting, and urban evasion techniques. A Son of the American Revolution, former gravedigger, and self-described onetime drifter, Judson currently lives in Connecticut with his fiancée and four rescued cats.