D. P. Lyle is a cardiologist and writer, based in California. He was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama, and served his residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas at Houston, followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute. He has practiced Cardiology for the past 40 years. He is the author of the Samantha Cody series which includes Devil's Playground, Double Blind, and Original Sin; the Dub Walker Series which includes, Stress Fracture, Hot Lights, Cold Steel, and Run to Ground; the Royal Pains series which includes First Do No Harm, and Sick Rich; and the Jake Longly Series which includes Deep Six, and A-List. His novella is entitled Even Steven. He edited the anthology, It's All in the Story, and contributed the essay, Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, to the anthology Thrillers: 100 Must Reads. His nonfiction work includes Murder and Mayhem, Forensics and Fiction, Howdunit Forensics, More Forensics and Fiction, Forensic Science, and Forensics for Dummies. His awards include the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2013 for Run to Ground, and the Macavity Award 2005 Best Non-Fiction for Forensics for Dummies. He has worked as a consultant for numerous televisions shows such as Law and Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Pretty, Little, Liars, and more. He is the co-host, with Jan Burke, of Crime and Science on Suspense Radio, since 2013.