Michael Sears spent over twenty years on Wall Street, rising to become a managing director for Paine Webber and Jeffries & Co. before leaving the business in 2005 to pursue writing full time. His books, a number of which are national bestsellers, have been nominated for—and received—numerous awards, including the Edgar. An avid sailor, he lives in Sea Cliff, New York with his wife, poet and artist Barbara Segal, and the cat Penelope.
