BRIAN SHEA has spent most of his adult life in service to his country and local community. He honorably served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. In his civilian life, he reached the rank of Detective and accrued over eleven years of law enforcement experience between Texas and Connecticut. Somewhere in the mix he spent five years as a fifth-grade school teacher. Brian’s myriad of life experience is woven into the tapestry of each character’s design. He resides in New England and is blessed with an amazing wife and three beautiful daughters.  

Mel Taylor grew up in the Midwest and settled in Miami. As an Emmy Award winning reporter, he saw history unfold covering news stories in the streets of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. He saw the likes of the Cocaine Cowboys and covered some of the biggest trials in recent history. Now, Mel Taylor writes full time and authors the Booker Johnson Thrillers. The Exclusive is the first book in the series. Mel draws upon the stories he covered in South Florida, the beauty of the ocean, and the exotic Florida Everglades to create novels of intrigue and suspense.