Eight

Katherine Neville was for twenty years an international consultant and computer executive in energy and finance. She numbered among her employers and clients IBM, the Algerian government, the U.S. Department of Energy, OPEC, the Bureau of Land Management, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Bank of America. She completed her postgraduate studies in African literature, and was for some years a commercial photographer, professional model, and painter. She has worked in seven countries on three continents, and in more than twenty states of the U.S. She draws on her diverse experiences to enrich her novels. Ms. Neville's first novel, The Eight, has been translated into more than fifteen languages. In a recent national poll in Spain by the noted journal El Pais, The Eight was voted one of the top ten books of all time. Her second novel, A Calculated Risk, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1992. Her third novel, The Magic Circle, a USA Today bestseller, has also been among the top ten books in France, Spain, and Australia. She lives in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Visit the author's home page at www.katherineneville.com.Neville, Katherine is the author of 'Eight' with ISBN 9780345366238 and ISBN 0345366239.