Lawrence De Maria
Lawrence De Maria is an author of thriller novels. He writes the Alton Rhode Mysteries series, the Cole Sudden CIA Thrillers series, and the Jake Scarne Thrillers series. Prior to becoming a novelist, Lawrence wrote for The New York Times , covering the stock market, and also wrote about anything else involving finances. His start as a journalist was with The Staten Island Advance , which would have him bumping into Ray Cohn and John Gotti. He feels that his journalism career was the perfect training ground for writing the fiction he does today.
