Christopher Keane is a novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction author who teaches screenwriting at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. His biography of Ralph Thorson, The Hunter, was a bestseller and became a movie directed by Steve McQueen, and his biography of Dottie Thorson, The Huntress, became a USA Network series; he wrote screenplays for both.
Dottie Thorson took up bounty hunting after her husband, Ralph Thorson, was killed by one of his captures. She was the inspiration for the character of the same name, portrayed by Annette O'Toole, in USA Network's crime drama series The Huntress. Dottie lives and works in Los Angeles with her daughter and bounty hunting partner, Brandi Thorson.