OSCAR ORTIZ

According to the bio in his first book in this series: "OSCAR ORTIZ was born in 1959 (Matanzas, Cuba), but he was raised in the United States. From an early age he showed his vocation for art and literature and (to the same extent) his dislike for collective sports, business, science, and math. He spent his youth studying commercial art & advertising. Ortiz is the winner of the “Sole Second Prize” in the 2006 ENRIQUE LABRADOR RUIZ INTERNATIONAL STORYWRITERS AWARD with his crime story La culpa fue de Hammett (Blame it on Hammett) and selected as “Finalist” in the 2006 TELEMUNDO WRI-TERS WORKSHOP contest. He has worked as a freelance screenwriter for Telemundo Puerto Rico and Cubana de Televisión Studios in Miami. He currently resides with his wife in South Florida."