Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is an American writer of adult fiction who spent a 29-year career in the NSA and CIA, working on intelligence and foreign policy, before turning to novels. She is best known for The Hunger, a reimagining of the Donner Party's crossing that mixes historical detail with supernatural horror, and for the spy novels Red Widow and Red London. Her debut, The Taker, opened a dark fantasy trilogy, and she has also written The Deep and The Fervor.