X-Files: Trust No One

by Tim Lebbon

  GINI KOCH writes the bestselling fast, fresh, and funny Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series for DAW Books, the Necropolis Enforcement Files series, and the Martian Alliance Chronicles series for Musa Publishing. As G.J. Koch she writes the Alexander Outland series and she’s made the most of multiple personality disorder by writing in a variety of genres under a variety of other pen names as well, including Anita Ensal, Jemma Chase, A.E. Stanton, and J.C. Koch. Please buy her books—her meds don’t come free. Her works include Touched by an Alien (Alien Series #1), which was named as one of Booklist’s Top Ten Adult SF Novels of 2010. Alien in the House (Alien Series #7) won the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award as the Best Futuristic Romance of 2013. The Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt books are consistent Barnes & Noble and Ingram’s bestsellers.

  W.D. GAGLIANI is the author of the novels Wolf’s Trap, Wolf’s Gambit, Wolf’s Bluff, Wolf’s Edge, Wolf’s Cut, Wolf’s Blind (upcoming), and Savage Nights. Wolf’s Trap was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award in 2004. He has published fiction and nonfiction in numerous anthologies and publications such as Robert Bloch’s Psychos, Undead Tales, More Monsters From Memphis, The Midnighters Club. His book reviews and nonfiction have been included in, among others, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chizine, HorrorWorld, Cemetery Dance, Hellnotes, Science Fiction Chronicle, The Scream Factory, The Writer magazine, and the books Thrillers: 100 Must Reads, They Bite, and On Writing Horror.

  DAVID BENTON has worn many hats: warehouse worker, landscaper, printing press operator, cheese maker, brick layer, and janitor. As a musician, he is the bass player for Milwaukee band Chief and tour bassist with the heavy metal novelty act Beatallica. The team of Gagliani & Benton has published fiction in venues such as SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror, SNAFU: Wolves at the Door, Dark Passions: Hot Blood 13, Zippered Flesh 2, Masters of Unreality (Germany), Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror, Splatterpunk Zine, and Dead Lines, along with the Kindle Worlds Vampire Diaries tie-in “Voracious in Vegas.” Some of their collaborations are available in the collection Mysteries & Mayhem. Find them both on Facebook: www.facebook.com/wdgagliani and www.facebook.com/david.benton.7509. W.D. Gagliani can also be found at www.wdgagliani.com and on Twitter at @WDGagliani.

  HEATHER GRAHAM is the International, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over two hundred novels, novellas, and stories. The founder of Slushpile Productions, she hosts numerous venues with dinner theater and author rock bands for various children’s charities. Heather Graham and the Slushpile also have a number of recordings available on iTunes and other venues. Creepy-crawly-scary things have long intrigued her. She has written horror, suspense, romance, historical fiction, and Christmas family fare. Find her on Facebook or at theoriginalheathergraham.com. She sincerely hopes you enjoy her entry here as she is an avid X-Files fan!

  MAX ALLAN COLLINS is the author of the Shamus-winning Nathan Heller historical thrillers (Ask Not) and the graphic novel Road to Perdition, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. His TV tie-ins include CSI and Criminal Minds, and his movie novels include Saving Private Ryan and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. His innovative ’70s series, Quarry, has been revived by Hard Case Crime (Quarry’s Choice) and he has completed eight posthumous Mickey Spillane novels (King of the Weeds).

  GAYLE LYNDS is the New York Times bestselling Queen of Espionage. Her recent novel, The Book of Spies, was named one of the five best thrillers of 2011 by Library Journal. Her novel Masquerade is among Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Spy Novels of All Time. She is a member of the Association for Former Intelligence Officers and the cofounder (with David Morrell) of International Thriller Writers. Gayle interested JOHN C. SHELDON in fiction after they married in 2011. John, a former Maine state judge and Visiting Scholar to Harvard Law School, had published frequently in legal journals. He now prefers writing fiction because “you can blow things up and grease people.” They live together on fourteen wooded acres outside Portland, Maine.

  KEVIN J. ANDERSON has published 125 books, more than fifty of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written three X-Files novels and numerous novels in the Star Wars and Dune universes, as well as a unique steampunk fantasy novel, Clockwork Angels, based on the concept album by legendary rock group Rush. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Terra Incognita fantasy trilogy, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and his humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie PI. He has edited numerous anthologies, including the Five by Five and Blood Lite series. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press, wordfirepress.com.

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