Andrew Gross

Andrew Gross is an American thriller writer who first built his reputation as James Patterson's co-author on a run of bestselling novels, including several entries in the Women's Murder Club series and standalone thrillers such as Judge & Jury and Lifeguard, before launching a successful solo career. His solo thrillers, including The Blue Zone, The Dark Tide, 15 Seconds and Button Man, established him independently as a bestselling author of fast-paced suspense fiction, often built around ordinary people plunged into high-stakes danger, and several have drawn on his personal family history for historical thriller material. New readers who came to him through the Patterson partnership can trace his voice most directly in the Women's Murder Club books credited to both authors; those wanting his fully independent work should start with The Blue Zone, his solo debut. Gross is known for tightly constructed plotting and a strong sense of place, qualities that carried through cleanly from his collaborative years into his own byline. There is no film or television adaptation of his solo work to date.