Michael P. Spradlin is The New York Times best­selling and Edgar Award-nom­i­nat­ed author of the Spy God­dess series, The Youngest Tem­plar series, and the Web of the Spi­der series, as well as sev­er­al works of his­tor­i­cal fic­tion, includ­ing the West­ern Her­itage Award-win­ning Off Like the Wind: The Sto­ry of the Pony Express. He cur­rent­ly resides in Lapeer, Michi­gan, with his wife, daugh­ter, and schnoo­dle, Sequoia.