John McFetridge, author of Dirty Sweet and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, became fascinated with crime when attending a murder trial at age twelve with his police officer brother. McFetridge has co-written a short story collection, Below the Line. He is currently a writer on the new CBS/CTV television series The Bridge. He lives in Toronto with his family, and writes regular updates on his blog. His new novel Swap was released by ECW in fall 2009.