DP Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award-nominated author of 26 books both non-fiction (MURDER & MAYHEM; FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES; FORENSICS & FICTION; MORE FORENSICS & FICTION; HOWDUNNIT: FORENSICS; and ABA FUNDAMENTALS: UNDERSTANDING FORENSIC SCIENCE) and fiction, including the Samantha Cody thriller series (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, DOUBLE BLIND, and ORIGINAL SIN); the Dub Walker thriller series (STRESS FRACTURE; HOT LIGHTS, COLD STEEL; and RUN TO GROUND); the Jake Longly thriller series (DEEP SIX; A-LIST; SUNSHINE STATE, RIGGED, THE OC, CULTURED, and UNBALANCED); the Cain/Harper thriller series (SKIN IN THE GAME; PRIOR BAD ACTS, TALLYMAN, and TUNICA); and the Royal Pains media tie-in novels (ROYAL PAINS: FIRST, DO NO HARM and ROYAL PAINS: SICK RICH). His essay on Jules Verne's THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND appears in THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS. His short stories include: "Even Steven" in ITW's anthology THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER, "Bottom Line" in FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME, "Tonic" in NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT, and "The Favor" in the 2024 Bouchercon Anthology TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM. He served as editor for and contributed the short story "Splash" to SCWA's anthology IT'S ALL IN THE STORY.He hosts the Crime Fiction Writer's Blog and the Criminal Mischief: The Art and Science of Crime Fiction podcast/YouTube series. Along with Kathleen Antrim, he created the Outliers Writing University. He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women's Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars.