Ian Vasquez

Ian Vasquez, whose first novel, "In the Heat," won the Shamus Award, received his MFA while working on a psychiatric ward and counseling at-risk high school students. Raised in Belize and now a copy editor at the "St. Petersburg Times," he lives with his family near Tampa Bay, Florida.

Ian Vasquez, whose first novel, "In the Heat," won the Shamus Award, received his MFA while working on a psychiatric ward and counseling at-risk high school students. Raised in Belize and now a copy editor at the "St. Petersburg Times," he lives with his family near Tampa Bay, Florida. See less