About Jason Pinter/A.L. Brody

Jason Pinter is the bestselling author of Hide Away and A Stranger at the Door, as well as five novels in his Henry Parker thriller series and the standalone novel The Castle, which have over one million copies in print worldwide and have been published in over a dozen countries, as well as the Middle Grade adventure novel Zeke Bartholomew: SuperSpy, and the children’s picture book Miracle. He has been nominated for the Thriller Award, Strand Critics Award, Barry Award, RT Reviewers Choice Award, Shamus Award and CrimeSpree Award. Two of his books—The Fury and The Darkness—were chosen as Indie Next selections, and The Mark, The Stolen and The Fury, were named to The Strand’s Best Books of the Year list. The Mark and The Stolen both appeared on the ‘Heatseekers’ bestseller list in The Bookseller (UK). The Mark was optioned to be a feature film.

As A.L. Brody he is the author of DATING & DISMEMBERMENT: A Monster RomCom, and the first book in the Mating and Monsters series. DATING & DISMEMBERMENT was originally self-published, but was then acquired by Entangled Publishing and will be reissued in Fall 2024, with two more books in the Monsters & Mating series to follow in 2025. His debut Young Adult novel, THE REAPER’S SON, will be released in late summer 2024.

He is the Founder and Publisher of Polis Books, an independent publishing company he launched in 2013 following positions in editorial and marketing at Warner Books, Random House, St. Martin’s Press and Grove/Atlantic and the Mysterious Press. In 2019 he launched the imprint Agora, dedicated to diverse and underrepresented voices and stories in genre fiction. He was named one of Publisher Weekly’s inaugural Star Watch honorees, which “recognizes young publishing professionals who have distinguished themselves as future leaders of the industry.”

He has written for The New Republic, Entrepreneur, Esquire, Spy, The Daily Beast, Medium and The Huffington Post, and been featured in Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, MediaBistro, Mystery Scene and more. He was named one of the top writers on Twitter (@JasonPinter) by Mashable and the Huffington Post, and his articles and essays have been covered in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, New York Observer, Baltimore Sun, Salon and as far as Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughters.