The Greater Rochester

Teen Book Festival

"To foster a community effort to celebrate and promote reading by connecting teens and authors."

Ronald Cree         
 

Ronald Cree was raised in Greenhills, Ohio, and attended the University of Colorado, where he studied television production and mass media communications.  Following college, he spent three years as an unpaid volunteer, working with the rural residents of Appalachia, the homeless in Chicago, and orphaned boys in Canada. In 1989, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent an additional year and a half teaching and mentoring Latino youth in West Oakland. He was employed for six years by the Oakland Athletics Baseball Company and three years with Sega of America. He also worked as a bookseller for two years, and his relationships with bookstores and sellers remain strong to this day. Ronald began writing Desert Blood 10PM / 9C as part of a class project taught by Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen. Drawing on his relationship with his adopted son, as well as his close friendships with several popular Hollywood actors, Ronald crafted a unique first mystery involving highly successful Latinos in the entertainment industry.   Books by Ronald Cree Desert Blood 10PM / 9C

 

        When Gus González is adopted by TV star Nicholas Hernandez, he's swept into a glamorous world of fast cars, expensive toys, and hot celebrities. But life in the limelight is hard -- the tabloids harass Nick and Gus, questioning their relationship, and the two start to receive threats. When Gus narrowly escapes an attacker and people start disappearing, the race is on to figure out who has it in for Nick and Gus. And why?