Owen Laukkanen
Owen Laukkanen's debut thriller, THE PROFESSIONALS, will be published by G.P. Putnam's Sons on March 29, 2012. An alumnus of the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing BFA program, Laukkanen spent three years in the world of professional poker, traveling to high-stakes tournaments across the globe as a writer for www.PokerListings.com. A commercial fisherman when he's not writing, Laukkanen divides his time between Vancouver and Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Praise for The Professionals:
"Really terrific characters that live and breathe, and chills aplenty." - Lee Child
"Fasten your seat belts, Owen Laukkanen's The Professionals is one heck of a wild ride. A first-class thriller by a terrific new voice." - John Lescroart
"Smoothly writting, with a slam-bang ending, The Professionals is a brutally beautiful piece of work." - John Sandford
"A coiling plot, insightful characters, and a tale fraught with with danger. What more could any thriller reader want? The Professionals has it all. Its top-notch entertainment." - Steve Berry
- Street:
- 2342 Bissonnet St
- Additional:
- City:
- Houston ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 77005
- Country:
- United States
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