Tolkin is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. His novels include "The Player,” "The Return of the Player,” "Among the Dead,” and "Under Radar.” For the film adaptation of "The Player,” Tolkin won the Writers Guild Award, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the PEN Center USA West Literary Award, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Crime Screenplay. His most recent book is “NK3: A Novel.”