J.T. Ellison is an international award-winning author. She is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College and received her master's degree from George Washington University. Ellison was a presidential appointee and worked in The White House and the Department of Commerce before moving into the private sector. J. T.'s short stories have been widely published, including her award winning story "Prodigal Me" in the anthology Killer Year: Stories to Die For, edited by Lee Child. Her critically acclaimed novels have been published in over twenty countries. J. T.'s novels include All the Pretty Girls, 14, Judas Kiss, The Cold Room, The Immortals, So Close the Hand of Death, and Where All the… Dead Lie. J. T. is the bi-monthly Friday columnist at the Anthony Award nominated blog Murderati and is a founding member of Killer Year, an organization that was dedicated to raising awareness for the debut novelists of 2007.