“Tim Maleeny smoothly mixes wry humor and a serious plot without sacrificing either,” says Publisher Weekly. He is the award-winning author of four bestselling novels and numerous short stories. His short fiction appears in several major anthologies, including “Death Do Us Part,” winner of the Macavity Award for Best Short Story of the Year.His comedic thriller JUMP is “a perfectly blended cocktail of escapism,” according to Publishers Weekly, and The Boston Globe claims, “If you threw in the air the pages of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty, and then invited Monty Python to stitch them back together, you might end up with something like Jump, Tim Maleeny's hilarious novel."Tim’s bestselling novels featuring private detective Cape Weathers and his deadly colleague Sally “are smart, snappily written, energetic mysteries starring an engaging hero,” says Booklist. The series has won multiple awards and can be read in any order. Stealing The Dragon explores the back alleys of San Francisco’s Chinatown and the shadowy world of the Hong Kong Triads; Beating The Babushka exposes a surreal and scandalous side of the movie business; and Greasing The Piñata takes readers on a twisted travelogue across Mexico into the heart of a major drug cartel. Library Journal predicts, “readers with want to see more of Cape and Sally,” and Tim is already scribbling away on the next installment.Originally from New Jersey, Tim was working at an ad agency in San Francisco when he started writing his first novel. He currently lives with his family at an undisclosed location in New York City, where he’s typing as fast as he can.