Terry Hayes is the acclaimed writer of Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) and Mad Max 3 (Beyond Thunderdome), Dead Calm starring Nicole Kidman and the novel I AM PILGRIM. His second novel THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, after waiting for a decade for its release, is finally coming out in the US this February. In May of 2014, Terry Hayes, who until then was best known as the screenwriter of those classics, took the world by surprise when he released his first novel, I AM PILGRIM which was called "Best Book of 2014" or appeared in a Best of 2014 list in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Houston Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, The Chattanoogan, Suspense Magazine, Huffington Post, Amazon.com, Pop Sugar, BOLO Books and became a celebrity accessory! Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Fallon, Milo Ventimiglia, Rachael Ray, Candy Spelling, politicians Hillary Clinton, Newt Gingrich, authors David Baldacci, Brad Thor and Kate White, Lisa Scottoline, Jack Carr, soap opera star Ian Buchanan, journalists Armen Keteyian, Lee Woddruff, Mike Lupica, and Monica Lewinsky, who tweets about it to this day!