Serafin, Shan: - Shan Serafin is a New York Times bestselling author of thrillers and science fiction novels. The son of two school teachers in Southern California, he transitioned from a career in education to corporate finance before starting to write full time. His early artistic endeavors had their inception in theater and film, writing and directing An Essential Bond, The Forest, and The Believer among other works, while simultaneously penning articles for the weekly Buddhist publications Living Buddhism and The World Tribune. In 2015 he began collaborating with renown storyteller James Patterson, co-authoring several books together, including The 13-Minute Murder, Come and Get Us, and Three Women Disappear. Serafin now resides in Paris, France.