<b>Tom West</b> is the pseudonym for the internationally bestselling author of ten novels. <i>Private Down Under</i>, which he co-wrote with James Patterson under the name Michael White, is the sixth book in the <i>Private</i> series. <i>The Einstein Code</i> is the second book to feature marine archaeologists Kate Wetherall and Lou Bates, after <i>The Titanic Enigma</i>. Tom West lives in Perth, Australia.