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Zandri was born in Troy, New York in 1964.

Winner of both the 2015 PWA Shamus Award and the 2015 ITW Award for Best Original Paperback Novel, Vincent Zandri is the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 20 novels including THE REMAINS, MOONLIGHT WEEPS, EVERYTHING BURNS, and ORCHARD GROVE. He is also the author of numerous Amazon bestselling digital shorts, PATHOLOGICAL, TRUE STORIES and MOONLIGHT MAFIA among them. Harlan Coben has described THE INNOCENT (formerly As Catch Can) as "...gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting," while the New York Post called it "Sensational...Masterful...Brilliant!"

Zandri's list of domestic publishers include Delacorte, Dell, Down & Out Books, Thomas & Mercer and Polis Books, while his foreign publisher is Meme Publishers of Milan and Paris. An MFA in Writing graduate of Vermont College, Zandri's work is translated in the Dutch, Russian, French, Italian, and Japanese. Recently, Zandri was the subject of a major feature by the New York Times. He has also made appearances on Bloomberg TV and FOX news.

In December 2014, Suspense Magazine named Zandri's, THE SHROUD KEY, as one of the Best Books of 2014. A freelance photo-journalist and the author of the popular "lit blog," The Vincent Zandri Vox, Zandri has written for Living Ready Magazine, RT, New York Newsday, Hudson Valley Magazine, The Times Union (Albany), Game & Fish Magazine, and many more.

A writer, novelist, essayist, and freelance photo-journalist, Vincent Zandri was originally groomed for the construction business in upstate New York, he broke away from familial expectations and entered into the writing program at Vermont College of Norwich University where he received his MFA in Writing. At the time, Zandri freelanced for such publications as The Albany Times Union, Hudson Valley Magazine, New York Newsday, and Game and Fish Magazine. He was also publishing his first short fiction at this time in journals and periodicals like Fugue, Buffalo Spree, The Maryland Review, and Orange Coast Magazine.

His most notable novel, As Catch Can (Delacorte) was widely praised and called "Brilliant" by the New York Post and "The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season," by the Boston Herald. Zandri has also published Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (Northwest).

In a recent interview with Pam Stack's "Author's On The Air," blogtalk radio program, Zandri spoke of starting his own literary imprint, Bear Media. His new novel The Shroud Key, the first in a new international adventure series, is said to be the first novel to come from the new publishing venture. Bear Media will also publish the novella, Full Moonlight, and the novel, Moonlight Weeps.

In 2013 Zandri signed on with Meme Publishers in Paris and Milan for the foreign publication of his Dick Moonlight PI novels and his Jack Marconi PI novels. The deal is also said to include his stand alone thrillers The Remains and The Shroud Key.

A foreign correspondent and photo-journalist for RT (Russia Today), Globalspec, Living Ready Magazine and other global publications, he divides his time between New York and Florence, Italy.