Bruce LeonardBruce Leonard earned a B.A. in English with a creative-writing emphasis from UCLA. He has been a travel writer, a magazine- and newspaper editor, an owner of a bakery, and a guinea pig for the U.S. Government. He writes the award-winning, bestsellingHadley Carroll Mysteries, the first of which, Quilt City Murders, was named Best Mystery of 2022 in one contest. The fifth installment will be titled, Quilt City: Safety Second. Hard Exit, the first Jack Drake Private-Eye Mystery, based in Malibu and South Los Angeles and narrated by a depressed private investigator to the stars, is available now. Stay tuned for the sequel: Stronger at the Break. Read More Read Less