Justin Cronin (edit name/settings)

Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written three novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Summer Guest and The Passage. Awards he has won include the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, and the Whiting Writer's Award.
Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught creative writing and was the "Author in-residence" at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA from 1992 to 2005. He lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas where he is a professor of English at Rice University.
In July 2007, Variety reported that the screen rights to Cronin's vampire trilogy was purchased by Fox 2000. The first book of the series, The Passage, was released in June 2010. It garnered mainly favorable reviews.