Bruce DesilvaBruce DeSilva spent forty-one years as a journalist before writing Rogue Island, his first novel, which won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the 2011 Macavity Award for Best Debut. Formerly the Associated Press's writing coach, responsibe for training AP journalists worldwide, DeSilva is now a master's thesis advisor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Bruce DeSilva and his wife, the poet Patricia Smith, live in Howell, New Jersey, with their granddaughter, Mikaila, and two enormous canines, a Bernese mountain dog named Brady and a mutt named Rondo. Find him online at www.brucedesilva.com. Read More Read Less