Chris Pavone

CHRIS PAVONE’s international thrillers include THE EXPATS, winner of both the Edgar and Anthony Awards; the instant bestseller TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON; and, most recently, THE DOORMAN, a New York Times Notable Book of 2025. His novels have appeared on all the major bestseller lists; have won or been shortlisted for Edgar, Anthony, Strand, Macavity, and ThrillerFest awards, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; are in development for film and television; and have been translated into two dozen languages.

Chris grew up in Brooklyn, graduated from Midwood High School and Cornell University, and worked in publishing for nearly two decades at Dell Magazines, Doubleday, the Lyons Press, Regan/HarperCollins, Clarkson Potter, and Artisan/Workman, in positions ranging from copy editor and managing editor to executive editor and deputy publisher; he also wrote a (mostly blank) book about wine, and ghost-wrote a couple of nonfiction books. Then his wife got a job in Luxembourg, and the family moved abroad, where Chris raised their twin boys and started writing THE EXPATS. They now live again in New York City and on the North Fork of Long Island with a Labradoodle named Wally.