Brad Crowther grew up in Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, and Kentucky. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville, then spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed in Alameda, California; Naples, Italy; and Governor's Island, New York. Following discharge from the Coast Guard, he obtained a master's degree from the University of Rhode Island and went to work for the Rhode Island State Criminal Justice Planning agency, eventually becoming Executive Director, a governor-appointed position. He left state government to start a consulting business, providing services to government agencies, school districts, and non-profit organizations. He relocated from Rhode Island to the Charleston, South Carolina area and is now mostly retired. He has one previously published novel, The Ninth Man, and he is a past winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award, a mystery writing contest co-sponsored by the Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. He is married, and his son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren live nearby.
