A #1 New York Times bestselling author, eight of Gregg Olsen’s books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times — in both fiction and nonfiction categories. He has been a guest on dozens of national and local television shows, including Dateline NBC, Today, Good Morning America, Deadly Women on Investigation Discovery, The Early Show, FOX News, CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, CBS 48 Hours, Oxygen's Snapped, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, and A&E's Biography. Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year by the Idaho Libraries Association for its depiction of a mining tragedy in that state. Starvation Heights was honored by Washington's Secretary of State for the book's contribution to state history and culture. Olsen’s first young adult novel, Envy, was the official selection of Washington State for the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Olsen, a Seattle native, lives in Olalla, WA.