Honorary Chairs
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Alafair Burke
Founding Honorary Co-Chair
Alafair Burke is a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent novels include FIND ME, THE BETTER SISTER, THE WIFE, and THE EX which was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
She has also been the co-author of the bestselling UNDER SUSPICION series with Mary Higgins Clark. She currently serves as the President of Mystery Writers of America, the first woman of color to be elected to that position.
A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton. For more about Alafair Burke, visit alafairburke.com.
A. J. Finn
Founding Honorary Co-Chair
A. J. Finn lived in England for many years before returning to his native New York.
His debut novel, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, has been published in more than forty languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. In 2021 it was adapted for the screen in a huge film starring Amy Adams and Gary Oldman.
His latest book, END OF STORY, will be published in 2024.
Casey Sherman
HONORARY True Crime Chair
Casey Sherman is a renowned investigative journalist and a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe & USA Today #1 Best-selling Author of 18 books including BLOOD IN THE WATER, THE FINEST HOURS (now a major Walt Disney Studio motion picture starring Chris Pine & Casey Affleck), and PATRIOTS DAY (now an acclaimed motion picture from CBS Films starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon).
Sherman led an historic re-investigation of the Boston Strangler case, which he chronicled in his book, SEARCH FOR THE STRANGLER.
Sherman’s 2023 true crime best-seller HELLTOWN is now in development as a limited television series for Amazon Studio. Sherman will serve as Executive Producer on the project, which is slated to star Oscar Isaac (“Dune”), with director Edward Berger (Netflix – “All is Quiet on the Western Front”), and produced by Team Downey (Robert Downey, Jr. & Susan Downey - HBO’s “Perry Mason”).
Sherman’s A MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD was a 2024 USA TODAY #1 true crime best-seller and finalist for Book of the Year honors at the annual Clue Awards.
His other best-selling books include James Patterson’s THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN LENNON which spent more than 23 weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list, 12: THE INSIDE STORY OF TOM BRADY’S FIGHT FOR REDEMPTION, and HUNTING WHITEY: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE CAPTURE & KILLING OF AMERICA’S MOST WANTED CRIME BOSS, which he adapted into a sold-out stage play starring Neal McDonough (“Yellowstone,” “Tulsa King”).
Sherman has appeared on more than 200 television and radio programs and is a contributing writer for TIME Magazine, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Boston Magazine and the Boston Herald.
