Bestselling novelist who created the popular characters of LAPD detective, Harry Bosch, and criminal defense lawyer, Mickey Haller. His numerous award-winning mystery novels include The Black Box and The Lincoln Lawyer. His interest in crime and mystery novels developed when, at age sixteen, he witnessed a man throw a gun into the bushes near his house. After graduating from the University of Florida in 1980, he became a crime writer for the Daytona Beach News Journal.