Gayle Lynds (born 1945) is an American former journalist, editor and author.
Lynds was an editor at a government think tank, where she also acquired a Top Secret security clearance.
In 2004, Lynds and David Morrell co-founded International Thriller Writers, Inc. and they became the first co-Presidents.
[5] The Hades Factor, which she co-wrote with Robert Ludlum, was a CBS television miniseries in April 2006.
[1][4] In 2011 she married retired Maine district court judge John C. Sheldon.