He was born in Trenton, New Jersey and currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife, Jan.

Faherty was nominated for an Edgar Award for Deadstick, his debut novel. Come Back Dead was honored with the 1997 Shamus Award for best Best Private Eye Novel. Faherty has also written two mystery series'.

The Owen Keane Mysteries

The Owen Keane series are contemporary novels whose main character dropped out of a Roman Catholic seminary based on the School of Theology at St. Meinrad Archabbey. The series contains 7 novels and 1 collection of short stories:

• Deadstick - 1991
• Live To Regret - 1992
• The Lost Keats - 1993 (a "prequel" to Deadstick)
• Die Dreaming - 1994
• Prove The Nameless - 1996
• The Ordained - 1998
• Orion Rising - 2001
• The Confessions of Owen Keane (short stories) - 2005

The Scott Elliott Mysteries

The Scott Elliott books are set in post-World War II Hollywood, during which the glamor of old Hollywood was fading. Elliott, a former actor and soldier turned private security operative, fights a rearguard action throughout the series, trying to protect the dying Hollywood, for which, as he might put it, he carries a torch.

• Kill Me Again - 1996
• Come Back Dead - 1997
• Raise the Devil - 2000 [
• In A Teapot - 2005