Retired probation officer. Worked at a camp near L.A. for hardcore juvenile offenders. The names and settings have been changed, but everything in my novel happened. One ex gang kid I supervised graduated from Duke University.

Before law enforcement I worked in the movie business. I was Director of Independent Film Acquisition at Universal where I brought in ""National Lampoon's Animal House."" Have proof. After that I brought in and helped to produce ""Coal Miner's Daughter."" Prior to Universal worked for Columbia Pictures in Brazil and Michigan. NYU graduate. Know Spanish and Portuguese.