Look and Listen

Biography

Alison Holt writes what she knows. Her stories reflect the twenty years she spent as an officer moving through the ranks of the Tucson Police Department. During her career, she worked patrol to investigations, commanded undercover units and riot control squads and trained as a hostage negotiator. Always the one to rock the boat, she took a voluntary demotion toward the end of her career in order supervise the department’s eleven man K9 unit. Her characters talk like real cops, think like real supervisors, and react like real people. Prior to joining the police department, Alison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona. When she retired, Alison went back to doing what she had always wanted to do—write. Her first book, The Door at the Top of the Stairs combines her insights into human nature with her knowledge of the darker side of the human psyche. To find out more, go to her website at www.alisonholtbooks.com.

Inspiration

I daydream. A lot. As a child, I made up intricate stories in my head where I was the hero rescuing the downtrodden, or where I was the downtrodden rescuing herself. The natural outcome was to want to write down what I saw; what the characters said, how they moved, etc. I discovered a natural ability with words. That's just the way my brain works. I can't do math for anything, but give me an idea, and I can easily put it into words.