William Burton Mc Cormick is an Edgar-award nominated writer of crime and thriller fiction set mainly in Eastern Europe. He is a regular contributor to Alfred Hitchcock”s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen”s Mystery Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Mystery Magazine, Black Mask, and elsewhere. He is the author of the award-winning thriller novels A Stranger from the Storm, Lenin”s Harem, and KGB Banker, the last co-written with whistle-blower John Christmas. His forthcoming Western novel Ghost was a finalist for a Claymore Award for best unpublished novel. A native of Nevada, William earned his MA in Novel Writing from the University of Manchester in the UK. He has lived in seven countries for writing purposes, including Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. Learn more about his writing at williamburtonmccormick.com