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Nick Petrie writes the bestselling Peter Ash crime novels, including, The Drifter, Burning Bright, Light It Up, Tear It Down, The Wild One, and The Breaker. His books have been nominated for, or won, the Edgar, Anthony, Hammett, Barry and ITW Thriller Awards. Light It Up was named the Best Thriller of 2018 by Apple Books, and he was named one of Apple’s Ten Writers to Read in 2017.

Nick received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington and won a Hopwood Award for short fiction while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He has worked as a carpenter, cabinetmaker, remodeling contractor, and building inspector. A husband and father, he lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he rides his mountain bike, hikes the Ice Age Trail, and works on the next Peter Ash novel.