Michael Sears spent more than 20 years on Wall Street, rising to become the managing director in the bond trading and underwriting divisions of Paine Webber and later, Jefferies & Company. Black Fridays was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Shamus, and ITW Thriller Awards, winning the Shamus. Mortal Bonds won the Silver Falchion Award for best crime thriller. He lives in Sea Cliff, New York, with his wife, the artist Barbara Segal.
Erik Bergmann has been performing since the age of ten and practicing mimicry and character voices since he could first form a syllable. As a voice-over artist and narrator, Bergmann has read more than 25 audiobooks in recent years, including Area 51, Justice League, and Scobby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.