In addition to DECEPTION COVE, the critically-acclaimed first entry in the Jess Winslow/Mason Burke saga, Owen Laukkanen is the author of the McKenna Rhodes maritime adventure thriller GALE FORCE, six Stevens and Windermere FBI thrillers, and as Owen Matthews, two wildly inappropriate novels for young adults. A former professional poker journalist and commercial fisherman, Laukkanen and his rescue pitbull Lucy divide their time between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island.