Michael Ledwidge

Michael Ledwidge, born in 1971 and raised in the Bronx by Irish parents, graduated from Manhattan College and worked as a doorman and telephone repairman before selling his debut novel The Narrowback at age 26. He has written three solo novels and co-authored 14 New York Times bestsellers with James Patterson, including the record-selling Michael Bennett detective series and Zoo, which became a CBS TV series. Married with three children, he lives in Connecticut.