D. P. Lyle, M.D., is the Macavity Award winning and EdgarÒ Award nominated author of the non-fiction books, Murder & Mayhem, Forensics For Dummies, Forensics & Fiction, More Forensics & Fiction, and Howdunnit: Forensics. His fiction includes the Samantha Cody thrillers Devil’s Evil Playground and Double Blind, the Dub Walker Thrillers Stress Fracture, Hot Lights, Cold Steel, and Run to Ground. His media tie-in novels are based on the hit TV series Royal Pains. His essay on Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island appears in Thrillers: 100 Must Reads and his short story “Even Steven” will appear in ITW’s anthology T3: Love Is Murder.
He has worked with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars.
Lyle was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. After leaving Huntsville, he attended college, medical school, and served an internship at the University of Alabama; followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at Houston; then a Fellowship in Cardiology at The Texas Heart Institute, also in Houston. For the past 30 years, he has practiced Cardiology in Orange County, California.