The author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne and Paddy Whacked, and The Westies, T. J. English has written for Esquire, Playboy, New York magazine, and other publications, and for the television crime dramas NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. Born to Kill and Havana Nocturne were both finalists for the Edgar Award. English lives in New York City.