Alex DeMille is a best-selling novelist and award-winning filmmaker. He grew up on Long Island and received a BA from Yale University and an MFA in film directing from UCLA. His films have won multiple awards and fellowships. ***The Deserter*** and ***Blood Lines***, his two novels co-written with his father, author <a href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL25714A" target="_blank">Nelson DeMille</a>, were instant New York Times bestsellers. Their follow-up novel and final collaboration, ***The Tin Men***, was published by Simon & Schuster in Fall 2025. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. (<a href="https://alexdemille.com/about/" target="_blank">Source</a>)