Brandt Dodson is a committed Christian who says his Colton Parker Mystery Series is the result of the merger of his two loves: his love for writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler and his live for the Word of God. He comes from generations of policemen himself worked for the FBI before going back to school. He was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve and is a past president of the Indiana Podiatric Medical Association and lives in Indiana with his wife and two sons.