ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Gimenez grew up in Galveston County, Texas, and attended Texas State University and Notre Dame Law School. He was a partner in a large Dallas firm. He is the author of seven novels—The Color of Law, The Abduction, The Perk, The Common Lawyer, Accused, The Governor's Wife, and Con Law—as well as a children's novel, Parts & Labor: The Adventures of Max Dugan. His books have sold over one million copies and received critical acclaim around the world; they have been bestsellers in the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and India and translated into fifteen foreign languages. The Perk won a spot in Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke. Mark has two sons and lives in Texas.