James Mullaney was ghostwriter and later credited writer of 26 novels in The Destroyer paperback-novel series. He is currently the author of The Red Menace series as well as the Crag Banyon Mysteries series. He is a Shamus Award-nominated author of nearly 40 books, as well as comics, short stories and novellas. His work has been published by New American Library, Gold Eagle/Harlequin, Marvel Comics, Tor and Moonstone Books. He is currently co-writing with Jim Uhls (Fight Club) the screenplay to The Destroyer film adaptation for Sony, to be directed by Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3). He was born in Massachusetts, the last of six children.