Pandion

William Michael Ried was born on Long Island, graduated from the University of Michigan and Georgetown University Law Center and practices law in New York City. His first novel Five Ferries was a finalist in the 2019 American Fiction Awards for Best New Fiction. In 2021 his second novel Backstory won the New York City Big Book Award for Mystery and a Silver Medal from the Wishing Shelf Book Awards for Adult Fiction, was a semi-finalist for the Kindle Book Award for Literary Fiction, and was named a 2022 Eric Hoffer Award Finalist. His third novel Pandion was named a 2022 Distinguished Favorite Mystery by the NYC Big Book Awards and a Red Ribbon Winner of the 2022 Wishing Shelf Awards, made the 2023 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List, was a semifinalist in the 2023 Kindle Book Awards for Mystery/Thriller, and was awarded Honorable Mention for Mystery/Crime in the 2023 Eric Hoffer Awards. His fourth novel Two Degrees: A Climate Change Novel was awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion, named a Finalist for Mystery/Crime in the 2024 Eric Hoffer Awards and a Finalist for Political Thrillers in the American Fiction Awards, and Distinguished Favorite in the 2024 NYC Big Book Awards. His fifth novel, Wrong Hand Right, was published in 2025. He lives with his wife in Manhattan.