Top Shelf Index

Dean Koontz is a prolific writer who sold a dozen novels by age 25.  Fourteen of his novels have risen to No. 1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, making him one of a few writers ever to have achieved that milestone.

Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has written more than 150 novels. Her first novel, Heartsong, was published in 1984 and became the first romance novel ever to be reviewed in Publishers Weekly. She received Romantic Times Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Douglas Preston is an American journalist and author. He has written for numerous magazines, including The New Yorker, Natural History, Harper's, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Travel and Leisure. He is a New York Times best-selling author.

Elin Hilderbrand is an American writer, mostly of romance novels. Her novels are typically set on and around Nantucket Island, where she resides. Her novels, Here's to Us and Winter Storms, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Great Big Beautiful Life, Funny Story, Happy Place, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read. 

Fern Michaels is the pseudonym for Mary Ruth Kuczkir. Michaels is an American author of romance and thriller novels, including at least 90 bestselling books with more than 150 million copies in print.

Grady Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter who won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction. His books have sold over two million copies and have been translated into more than twenty languages. 

Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. His book Tell No One was turned into the multiple award-winning 2006 French film Ne le Dis à Personne. He was the first author to win the Edgar Award, Shamus Award, and Anthony Award.

Heather Graham is a pseudonym for Heather Graham Pozzessere. She was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of the Romance Writers of America.  She is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author who has written over one hundred novels. She has won the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award and The Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. 
 

Holly Jackson is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, an international sensation with millions of copies sold worldwide, as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers and instant classics Five Survive and The Reappearance of Rachel Price. 

Iris Johansen started writing when her two children were in college. A year later, she finished her first novel, a contemporary romance. After writing many best-selling historical romances and fantasies, including the Sedikhan and Clanad series, she turned to suspense fiction. 

J. A. Jance is the author of many popular mystery series. She won the American Mystery Award twice. Several of her books have made the New York Times Best Seller list. 

J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. She is the author of over 300 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

J. R. Ward is the pseudonym of Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore. She is the author of more than 20 novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood. There are more than 15 million copies of Ward’s novels in print, and they have been published in 25 different countries.

James Lee Burke, winner of two Edgar awards, is the author of nineteen previous novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including Cimmaron Rose, Cadillac Jukebox, and Sunset Limited. He and his wife divide their time between Missoula, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana.