Native Washingtonian Quintin Peterson is a retired D.C. police officer who served the public for more than 28 years. He is an artist and an award-winning writer who has authored three DC-based crime novels, a book of poetry, several short stories available via Amazon Kindle and BN.com Nook Books, and has contributed to five crime fiction/noir anthologies and two magazines. He is currently employed at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. (For complete bio and links to author's web pages go to http: //www.google.com/profiles/quintinpeterson)