Jon Breakfield was born in the U.S. and grew up in Austria. He graduated from UCLA's Film School. Despite having survived the odd hurricane, he and his wife still love Key West and divide their time between Florida and Glasgow, Scotland. Jon is a former T.V. writer, the author of three Non-Fiction books and his first crime novel set in Glasgow, Scotland which was short-listed for the CWA Debut Dagger Award. If he weren't a writer his only other career choice would have been that of international beer tester where he could continue with his travels whilst endeavouring to stay out of trouble in