Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is a novelist and author of the historical-fantasy Taker Trilogy. The first book, The Taker (2011) was named a Top Ten Debut Novel by Bookllist, and has been published in a dozen foreign languages. The Reckoning and The Descent, the second and third books in the trilogy, have likewise been published in multiple foreign languages. The trilogy is published by Simon & Schuster in the US and Penguin Random House UK. Ms. Katsu lives outside Washington DC with her musician husband. She received her Masters degree from the Johns Hopkins Writing Program, studied as an undergraduate at Brandeis University with novelist John Irving, and is an alumni of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. In addition, she has had a long career as a senior intelligence analyst for several federal intelligence agencies and with the RAND Corporation.