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, three years with Sega of America, and nine years with Clorox.  He currently works as a Web and Online Communications Analyst for McKesson Healthcare.

In 1993, Ronald adopted a thirteen-year-old Mexican boy and raised him as a single father.  

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.  

Since 2001, Ronald has created websites for several popular Hollywood actors, including Nicholas González (“The OC”, “Law & Order: SVU”, “Resurrection Blvd”), Eva Longoria (“Desperate Housewives”, “LA Dragnet”), and Nathan Marlow (CBS’s “Big Brother 4”, “Yes, Dear”), among others.

Ronald currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he is an active member of the Pikes Peak Writers organization.  He is represented by Caryn Wiseman of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and maintains a website of his own at www.ronaldcree.com.