Les Standiford is the author of the novels: Spill (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991); Done Deal (HarperCollins, 1993); Raw Deal (HC, 1994); Deal to Die For (HC, 1995); Deal on Ice (HC, 1997); Presidential Deal (HC, 1998); Black Mountain (GP Putnams, 2000); Deal With the Dead (GP Putnams, 2001); the e-book, Opening Day (www.LiveReads.com, 2001).

Les Standiford is Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University and the author of 15 books, including the novels Spill (1991), Done Deal (1993), Raw Deal (1994), Deal to Die For (1995), Deal on Ice (1996), Presidential Deal (1998), Black Mountain (2000), Deal With the Dead (2001), Bone Key (2003) and Havana Run (2004) and the critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean (2002); Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America (2005); Washington Burning: How a Frenchman’s Vision for Our Nation’s Capitol Survived Congress, The Founding Fathers, & the Invading British Army; and The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits.

Last Train to Paradise was one of the History Channel’s Top Ten picks and was read coast to coast by Dick Estell, NPR’s “Radio Reader.” Meet You in Hell was the publisher’s nominee for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. Washington Burning was the publisher’s nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. The Man Who Invented Christmas was a New York Times “Editors’ Choice” in 2008.

Now comes BRINGING ADAM HOME (Ecco, March 2011) the story of Det. Sgt. Joe Matthews’ 27-year quest to solve the 1981 kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh.