James A. Anderson is a retired Canadian journalist who had a 35-year career with weekly and daily newspapers. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and is a graduate of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with an Honors B.A. in History. An avid reader of thrillers and mysteries, his favorite authors include Michael Connelly, Lee Child, John Le Carre and Ian Fleming. The Scorpion is his second thriller and a sequel to DEADLINE, his first, published in 2010. He lives in London, Ontario with his wife and two basenjis. They have two children and four grandchildren.