M. Alan Apel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Wayne State and Arizona State University. He later settled in the San Francisco Bay area, where he wrote a column for the loc...view moreM. Alan Apel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Wayne State and Arizona State University. He later settled in the San Francisco Bay area, where he wrote a column for the local newspaper and owned a coatings business. Now a full-time writer, he is hard at work on his next mystery.view less