Mark Yost has written for The Wall Street Journal's Leisure and Arts page and Book Review section for more than 20 years and is a contributing columnist for Stay Thirsty Magazine. He is the author of five classic noir-style mysteries in his Rick Crane series: Cooper's Daughter, Jimmy's Nephew, Mary's Fate and Sheila's Turn and Finding Mary. Yost has also written four nonfiction books and two earlier novels. He lives in Houston.