Thomas Mullen is the internationally bestselling author of six acclaimed novels, including Darktown, which was an NPR Best Book, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southern Book Prize, the Indies Choice Book Award, an Audie Award, and was nominated for or won prizes in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The follow-up, Lightning Men, was named one of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the year by The New York Times Book Review and was shortlisted for a CWA Dagger Award. His debut, The Last Town on Earth, was named Best Debut Novel of 2006 by USA Today and was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. He lives in Atlanta with his family.