R J Hillhouse has run Cuban rum, smuggled jewels and slipped through some of the world's tightest security. Foreign governments attempted to recruit her as a spy. (They failed.)

A former professor and Fulbright fellow, Hillhouse earned her Ph.D. in political science at the University of Michigan and she is an expert in international affairs. She writes spy thrillers and she also blogs about the outsourcing of national security at The Spy Who Billed Me and her work has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, CBS New.com and others. Forbes has called her "the Tom Clancy of the corporate military and intelligence age."

Her controversial articles have twice elicited a response from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence--the only times the office of the nation's chilef spy has ever publically responded to the writings of a private citizen.

She is a frequent media guest.

"The political thriller we deserve."
—Los Angeles Times

"Outsourced, a terrific thriller, reads like the very best non-fiction. I believed every scene."
—James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Hillhouse has set a new standard for the 21st Century spy thriller. Stunning and eye-opening."
—Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A Wild Ride Behind Today’s War Zone Headlines."
—WEB Griffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Ripped from the headlines? Or a preview of tomorrow's headlines? Either way, you'll love this book."
—Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

"To understand what's happening in our world, you need to read this book."
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author & creator of Rambo

Military and Intelligence Insiders on OUTSOURCED:

“OUTSOURCED captures the spirit and grit of the men and women that go in harm’s way as private citizens--call them mercenaries or contractors.”
—Frank Gallagher, Agent in Charge of Blackwater’s security detail forAmbassador Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq

"OUTSOURCED combines a rollercoaster ride into the terrifying world of the Iraq war with a sobering examination of the legacy of Donald Rumsfeld in encouraging and funding private armies. What purports to be today's fiction is well on the way to becoming tomorrow's reality."
—Rob Kresge, retired founding member of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center

"An insightful look into the war on terrorism."
—Brigadier General Frank “Sam” Huey, USMC ret.

"Hillhouse has successfully brought to life how things really are in the special World of black operations."
—Major Grady King, US Army, ret., recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart