Bill Doyle was born in Lansing, Michigan, and wrote his first mystery when he was eight. He loved seeing the shock on people's faces when they discovered the identity of the story's villain, and knew then that he was hooked on writing. Bill has written for Sesame Workshop, LeapFrog, Scholastic, Rolling Stone, TIME For Kids and the Museum of Natural History. He lives in New York City with a mysterious dachshund named Esme.