Adam Christopher 's debut novel, Empire State, was SciFiNow 's Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year. He is also the author of Seven Wonders , Hang Wire, and The Burning Dark , as well as these nonfiction books: Made to Kill , Standard Hollywood Depravity , and Killing Is My Business . 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, and, with Chuck Wendig, wrote The Shield for Dark Circle/Archie Comics. Born in New Zealand, Adam has lived in Great Britain since 2006.