Lauren Hawkeye published her first story in 2007 and has since written over thirty short stories, novellas, and novellas with Harlequin Enterprises (Spice and Nocturne), New American Library (as Lauren Jameson), Avon HarperCollins, and Entangled Publishing, and has also built a strong self-publishing career. Her work has been mentioned in Time magazine. James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977, James Patterson?s books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.