Robert Crais
Crais, Robert
June 20, 1953 – present
Birth place: Independence, Louisiana, USA
Has attended the Clarion workshop <a href="http://clarion.ucsd.edu/clarions-distinguished-alumni-faculty/">as both a student and teacher</a>, but has been more prolific as a TV writer, and in the crime/mystery/thriller genres. Wikipedia states that he has used the pen names Elvis Cole and Jerry Gret Samouche, presumably in non-speculative genres.