James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the author of twenty-eight previous novels and two collections of short stories, including such "New York Times" bestsellers as "Swan Peak", "Tin Roof Blowdown", "Last Car to Elysian Fields" and "Crusader's Cross". He lives in Missoula, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana.