J. Michael Major started writing stories in high school, but did not begin submitting them for publication until years later. Writing primarily science fiction at first, he gradually found his niche in horror, mystery, crime, and suspense. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association. His crime novel One Man’s Castle won the Lovey Readers’ Choice Award for Best First Novel.

His three dozen stories have been published in such anthologies as Splatterlands, Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths, Vol. II, Sorrow, DeathGrip 3: It Came From the Cinema, and New Traditions in Terror, and such magazines as Mystery Weekly Magazine, Weirdbook, Hardboiled, Bare Bone, Pirate Writings, Into the Darkness, and many more. He lives with his family in the suburbs of Chicago, where he is writing the first novel in an intended trilogy, as well as putting together a collection of his favorite stories. Visit him at jmichaelmajor.com and follow him at facebook.com/MajorWriter.

In his own words...

I am often asked “Who thrills and inspires you?” That’s easy! James Lee Burke, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais, Loren D. Estleman, Gillian Flynn, William Gibson, Michael Koryta, William Kent Krueger, Joe R. Lansdale, Jess Lourey, David Morrell, Jo Nesbo, Sara Paretsky, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson, and John Sandford — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! What can I say? I love to read!p>