Derek Blount is an award-winning author who spent two decades in the world of corporate finance before fully engaging his career in writing. Derek's pulse-pounding Hostile Takeover Thrillogy—including Hostile Takeover , Second Son and Final Reckoning has garnered critical praise including: "Derek Blount knows how to build tension with the best of contemporary thriller authors." — Anne Hillerman, NY Times Bestselling Novelist "I could not put this book down. The plot is fabulous, the characters are fabulous, the writing is fabulous…and every detail of the New Mexico desert rings true to this former New Mexican." — Anne Taintor, annetaintor.com His first published work, The Three Christmases of William Spencer , reached #1 in Amazon's "holiday books" category. The work was hailed as "a truly beautiful book" and described by parenting author and Chicken Soup for the Soul editor Susan Heim as "a wonderful gift book for sharing the joy of the season and the meaning of life." Derek resides in Texas with his wife, Bethany, and their two sons. He is a member of American MENSA and serves on the Board of Directors of a prominent not-for-profit medical research organization. Learn more at derekblount.com