TJ Waters is a mystery-thriller writer in Central Florida. His debut novel SECRET SIGNS won the International Book Award for multicultural fiction in 2011. His digital-only thriller series THE SUICIDE SQUAD, based on actual CIA case officers, is described as 'Mission Impossible meets Ocean's 11'. TJ Waters spent four years as a co-team leader at US Special Operations Command. Prior to this he was in counterintelligence for US Central Command and under cover for the Central Intelligence Agency.