<b>Michael Beres</b> is a Chicago native living in West Michigan. With degrees in computer science and literature, he held a Q-clearance position at Argonne National Laboratory, and later documented analytical software.<br/>His novels include <i>Grand Traverse</i>, an environmental thriller; <i>The President's Nemesis</i>, compared to <i>The Manchurian Candidate</i> by Library Journal; and <i>Final Stroke</i>, about a detective with a stroke.<br/>His latest, <i>Chernobyl Murders</i>, is based on the 1986 disaster. The Chicago Tribune said "Chernobyl Murders is a page-turner of the highest order: from the compelling characterization to the vividly described landscape of a devastated Ukraine to the stunning cover art, Beres has penned himself a winner."