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Authors - Marcus Sakey

Marcus Sakey, praised by George Pelecanos as "an authentic, original new voice in crime fiction," is the author of the novel "The Blade Itself" (St. Martin's). The New York Times Book Review praised "The Blade Itself" as a "white-knuckle story (with a ) cool, commanding style," and CBS' "Sunday Morning" proclaimed it "the first page-turner of 2007."

Sakey, an award-winning advertising writer born in Flint, Mich., now lives in Chicago, where he shadowed homicide detectives while researching his novel.

Visit him online at www.marcussakey.com.