J.R. McLeay is an Amazon top 100 author who writes standalone stories across multiple genres. His first novel, The Cicada Prophecy, was a quarterfinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and was selected as the best science fiction book of 2015 by the review site Books, Books, and More Books. His second novel, the crime thriller Unlucky Day, was picked up by Kindle Press within a few months of publication after ringing up off-the-charts reader endorsements and reviews. His recently released third book, The Candidate, is a political thriller with heaping doses of political intrigue and drama.