C. Joseph Greaves spent 25 years as an L.A. trial lawyer before turning his attention to fiction. HARD TWISTED (Bloomsbury), his Depression-era literary debut, was honored as the Best Historical Novel of 2010 in the SouthWest Writers' International Writing Contest, and was called "a taut and intriguing thriller" (London Sunday Times) and "a gritty, gripping read, and one that begs to be put on film" (Los Angeles Times). Mr. Greaves also writes crime fiction as Chuck Greaves, and his novels include HUSH MONEY (2012), GREEN-EYED LADY (2013), and THE LAST HEIR (2014), all from St. Martin's Minotaur. He currently lives and writes near Cortez, Colorado.