Marshall Karp

Marshall Karp co-created and co-authored the first six books in the #1 bestselling NYPD Red series with James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett, and Private novels. Starting with NYPD RED: THE MURDER SORORITY, Marshall became the sole author of the series, which features Detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan as members of an elite police task force dedicated to solving crimes committed against, and sometimes by, New York City's rich and famous.

Marshall is also the author of five books in the critically-acclaimed Lomax and Biggs Mystery series featuring LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, who work homicide out of the famed Los Angeles Hollywood Division.

After a successful career in advertising, Marshall moved from New York to Los Angeles, where he wrote and produced television comedies for stars like George Clooney, and a feature film, JUST LOOKING, directed by Jason Alexander, a coming-of-age comedy loosely based on Marshall’s own embarrassing teenage years. It was during his time in Hollywood that Marshall met many of the people he kills off in his novels, a cathartic yet perfectly legal way for a Hollywood writer to exorcize his demons.

Marshall lives and writes in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York, Since 2001, he has worked closely with Vitamin Angeles, a non-profit organization that brings lifesaving supplements to millions of women and children around the world. For more information, visit his website www.karpkills.com.