Duane Swierczynski is an American crime writer, having written six non-fiction books, including This Here's A Stick-Up: The Big Bad Book Of American Bank Robbery (Alpha, 2002) and The Big Book O' Beer (Quirk, 2004). He's worked as an editor at Men's Health, Details and Philadelphia magazines including currently editing the Philadelphia City Paper. He also now teaches journalism at La Salle University. Secret Dead Men, Swierczynski's crime fiction debut, was published in 2005 by PointBlank and has since written three further novels.