Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author who started his writing career as a crime beat reporter in Florida. Everybody Wants to Rule the World is his thirty-first novel. His previous novels include eleven books in the Quinn Colson series, multiple true-crime novels based on infamous crooks and killers, and 2024's Don't Let the Devil Ride. In 2010, he was chosen by Robert B. Parker's family to continue the iconic Spenser series, adding ten novels to the franchise. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his family.