About the author:Howard Jencks was an honorably retired peace officer, who now works as an educator, writer, and author of the novel Left for Dead. Having spent his law enforcement career working for the Los Angeles Police Department and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, he has worked patrol, investigations, as a SWAT operator and team leader, and lastly as the Bomb Squad Commander. Howard has combined his knowledge and experience to paint a vivid picture of the frightening reality surrounding us in his crime fiction novel.
Howard has been a life long writer having won first place in a creative writing competition at the Imperial County Fair in second grade, and has written professional training articles for The Detonator, the official publication of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators. Howard now lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills where he works as a special education teacher, and enjoys his summers traveling and scuba diving. |