Lee Ross owns four guitars, but doesn’t play any of them. He’d say that it’s only because he needs to spend his available time writing, but since his most recent novel is about a musician, nobody’s buying it anymore. At home, it’s a battle of musical tastes anyway, with anything on the playlist from Aretha Franklin to Hayley Williams. He tries to sneak in a song with a guitar solo when he can.

He’d paid the bills over the years by paying other peoples’ bills. Which sounds like a serious job, and he might describe his position in finance much like you would a consigliere—which if you’re not sure what that is, let’s just say it’s an advisor who works with strong personalities.

Most of all, Lee likes reading and writing mystery and suspense stories. Stories of music and murder. And maybe a little more.