A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Kevin Scott Olson also attended Georgetown University, and has professional degrees in financial planning and insurance from The American College. He lives in southern California, where his hobbies include travel, swimming, golf, and chronicling the adventures of ex-Navy SEAL Michael Quinn. In the short story "Breakout", Quinn's assignment is to rescue an American soldier trapped inside a notorious maximum-security Mexican prison. In the short story "Roseblood", Quinn's task is to protect the life of Anna Marina Kosenko, a beautiful young Russian concert pianist who is in New York for a two-night engagement. Now available for pre-order: the first Michael Quinn novel, "Night of the Bonfire." Assigned by the CIA to investigate an operative's brutal murder, Quinn follows a trail that leads him from the seaside town of Laguna Beach and across the globe, and into a world beyond anything he imagined. Interwoven with memorable characters and gripping action, "Night of the Bonfire" takes the reader to an exceptional level of intrigue.