Adam Christopher 's debut novel, Empire State , was SciFiNow 's Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year. His other novels include Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Made to Kill, and Seven Wonders . A contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View fortieth-anniversary anthology, Christopher has also written the official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored videogame franchise. Born in New Zealand, Christopher has lived in Great Britain since 2006.