McCrone, James: - James McCrone is the author of the Faithless Elector series-Faithless Elector, Dark Network, and Emergency Powers-"taut" and "gripping" political thrillers about a stolen presidency. For this latest book, Bastard Verdict, set amidst a second Scottish referendum on independence, he drew on his boyhood in Scotland. His short stories have appeared in Rock and a Hard Place; Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon, and in the short-story anthology Low Down Dirty Vote, vols. 2 and 3. He's a member of MWA, Int'l Assoc. of Crime Writers, Philadelphia Dramatists' Center and he's the vice-president of the Delaware Valley Sisters in Crime chapter. A Pacific Northwest native (mostly), he lives in South Philadelphia with his wife and three children.James has an MFA from the University of Washington. He's also continuing work on a next book, a gritty thriller set in rural Oregon, called Witness Tree.