Bill Eidson

Biography and Background

Bill Eidson is the author of the thrillers, The Little Brother, Dangerous Waters, The Guardian, Adrenaline, Frames Per Second, One Bad Thing. His latest novel, The Mayday, is the second in the Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard series that premiered with The Repo.

Bill was born in Savannah, Georgia and grew up in Rhode Island. He graduated from Boston University in 1978, and has worked in advertising and marketing communications at Digital Equipment Corporation, and Cole and Company in Boston. For the past nine years, he’s worked as a full time novelist and freelance marketing communications writer.

His fast-paced thrillers often focus upon the dangers that lurk just beneath the surface of “normal” life. His novels are set in Boston and throughout New England. Three of Bill’s books have been optioned for movies, and foreign editions have been published in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Bulgaria.

Being an avid sailor, Eidson’s stories often contain an element of the sea. Of The Repo, the review in The Boston Globe stated that, "Eidson writes with appealing aplomb. His dialogue has the ring of overheard conversation, and we feel the breeze and smell the air as his characters pursue their prey."

As a cancer survivor, Bill is active in the Pan Massachusetts Challenge cycling fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Through his long-distance cycling, he’s raised approximately $35,000 in the past four years and was the keynote speaker at the 2002 check presentation to Dana Farber.

Bill is also a former President of the New England Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and son.

Novels