About the Authors

Mr. Mark Bendul is a retired detective. Born in South Korea but adopted by his family in New Jersey as a young teenager after losing his biological parents to tragedy, he has a unique understanding of Korean and American culture. Upon graduation from a military academy, he served in the U.S. Navy before joining the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and later serving as a Task Force Office in the FBI. Dr. Theresa Fanelli is a retired FBI Special Agent and Behavioral Psychologist. "Got 586?" is the first work of fiction published by Dr. Fanelli, who previously created and co-authored a series of seven mystery-based crime texts, all set in a fictional town in New Jersey. The most popular of these works, “Murder at 144” is a murder mystery that has been adopted in over 14 universities and sold over 1000 copies. Other works include "Terrorism & National Security," featuring a terrorist cell with ties to a violent street gang, "Fraud, White-Collar & Organized Crime," about a sophisticated organized crime group engaging in murder and fraud, and "Criminal Psychology & the Law," utilizing crime analysis and trends to identify multiple offender(s). Dr. Fanelli has additional publications on terrorism and two essay publications on the evolution of the mass media and its relation to social learning theory.