Christina Murray is a freelance writer and editor with a background in local news and business reporting. Previous book collaborations include Capitalist at Large, a memoir by international entrepreneur James D. Jameson, and Free Fall From Grace, the story of attorney Jim Bottomley, who began to confront his lifelong mental illness only after being imprisoned for killing his fiancée. Underground Man is her first work of fiction. Murray holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and a master's degree in international relations from the University of California, San Diego. She lives in northern San Diego County with her husband, Bill, and their four-legged kids.