Victoria Heckman attended a reserve police academy and worked with a Southern California police department for two years. She is the author of the K.O.'d in Hawaii series. Her work has appeared in "Futures" and "Short Story," She is a former president of Sisters in Crime-Central Coast Chapter, and she is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Police Writers Association, and Sisters in Crime National's E-Publishing Committee. She lives in California and Hawaii.