Author Bio
• Birth—January 1, 1982
• Where—Bloomington, Indiana, USA
• Education—B.A., Indiana University
• Awards—Best First Private Eye Novel from Private
Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press
• Currently—lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and
Bloomington, Indiana
Michael Koryta (kor REE ta) is an American author of contemporary crime and mystery fiction. He is known for novels such as Tonight I Said Goodbye, Sorrow's Anthem, A Welcome Grave and The Silent Hour (The Lincoln Perry Series).
Koryta has received many awards, including the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his book Envy the Night has also been chosen for the 2009 Reader's Digest Select Editions. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, Koryta graduated from Indiana University with a degree in criminal justice
Michael Koryta began writing at a very early age: At the age of 8, he began corresponding with his favorite writers. At 16, he decided he wanted to be a crime novelist—and later in high school started interning with a private investigator. When his crime novel Tonight I Said Goodbye won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel prize, he had yet to reach legal drinking age.
He currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Bloomington, Indiana. (From Wikipedia.)