Justin Cronin

Justin Cronin is an American author of science fiction and horror novels. He was born in 1962 and raised in New England. He graduated from Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has written five novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Summer Guest, The Passage, The Twelve, and City of Mirrors. He has won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award. He lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas.

Here are some additional details about Cronin's life and work:

* He is a former professor of English at Rice University.
* His vampire trilogy, The Passage, was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 30 languages.
* The trilogy has been adapted into a television series by Fox.
* Cronin is currently working on a new novel.