Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is one of the best chase-and-escape novels you’ll read this year-or any other year. The pace never lets up.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.