Daniel Pyne’s screenwriting credits include the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, Pacific Heights, and Fracture. He made his directorial debut with the indie cult film Where’s Marlowe? Pyne’s list of television credits (creating, writing, and showrunning) is vast and spans Miami Vice to Alcatraz. His two previous novels were Twentynine Palms and A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar. He lives in Southern California.