Brad Parks

Brad Parks is the only author to have won the Shamus Award and Nero Award for the same novel. That book, FACES OF THE GONE, introduced Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter, who has gone on to star in EYES OF THE INNOCENT and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, which reached No. 3 on the Baker & Taylor Fiction/Mystery Bestseller List. The series, which Shelf Awareness has called "perfect for the reader who loves an LOL moment but wants a mystery that's more than empty calories," has earned starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist. It will continue with THE GOOD COP (due March 5, 2013) and a fifth, as-yet-unnamed installment. Parks is a graduate of Dartmouth College and spent a dozen years as a reporter for The Washington Post and The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger. He is now a full-time novelist who lives in Virginia with his wife and two small children.