Michael Prescott (born 1960, as Douglas Child Borton, Jr.[3]) is a contemporary American, New York Times bestselling[4] writer of crime fiction.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1980, where he majored in Film Studies.
[11] Prescott moved to Los Angeles in 1981, and there he worked as a freelance magazine article writer, archival researcher, editor, and wrote scripts for independent film producers.
In 1992, under the pseudonym Brian Harper, he switched to crime and suspense novels, most of which are set in Los Angeles or in Arizona.
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