John Worsley Simpson was a journalist--reporter and editor--for many years with major-market newspapers in Canada and the U.K. and with Bloomberg News. He has several published novels, including Undercut, which was runner-up to Kathy Reichs' Deja Dead as best first novel for 1997 in the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards. Other traditionally published novels include Counterpoint, Shadowmen and A Debt of Death. Another novel, Death Never Says Goodbye, was published through Amazon and Create Space. He is married and lives in Barrie, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Colleen, and dog Measha.