About the author
Daniel Edward Craig, author of the Five-Star Mystery series, draws on his years working in luxury hotels to delight readers with his hilarious behind-the-scenes novels set in the hotel business, where things are never as calm and dignified as they seem.

Craig began his career in the hotel industry in Toronto in 1987 and has since worked for ten luxury hotels across Canada in positions ranging from front desk agent to vice president. Originally intending to pursue diplomatic service, he has studied international relations, modern languages, film, screenwriting, and acting. His writing has appeared in national newspapers and in a collection of short stories published by Penguin Canada.

Most recently Craig was vice president of Opus Hotels and general manager of Opus Vancouver, named one of top hotels in the world by Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure magazines and famous for the celebrities that frequent it. Under his leadership, Opus gained an international reputation for exemplary service, cutting-edge marketing and unique design.

Originally from Vancouver, Craig has wanted to write since he was four years old, when he carried around a notebook entitled “Poims”. Over the years his spelling improved, but it wasn’t until he was well established in the hotel business that he started his debut novel, Murder at the Universe. “I naively thought it would be fun and easy to plot a murder mystery,” he says. “They say write what you know, so I set it in a hotel. In my books I draw from the weird and wonderful people I have met over the years and the bizarre situations I’ve encountered. Fortunately, the murder part is pure fiction.”