Vince ThompsonVince Thompson has been a waiter on L.A.'s Sunset Strip, a door-to-door seller of television advertising, an executive at major media companies, a CEO, and a public-company board member. Along the way, he has done business with venture investors, celebrities, and-unknowingly at the time-a few crime figures, all of which provided inspiration for The Lockup Period.Vince and his wife, Jackie, split their time between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, where he is putting the finishing touches on his next novel-another thriller set in the world of startups, with epic heroes facing dubious circumstances. Read More Read Less