A former investigative reporter for NBC News who has won four Emmys and an Edgar for his journalism, Mark Nykanen of Nelson has written three psychological thrillers (St. Martin's and Hyperion), one of which was a bestseller in Germany. His forthcoming thriller is Primitive (Bell Bridge Books), about a mother and daughter caught up in the "war on terror"; and climate change.

[BCBW 2009] "Fiction"