webassets/RayEllis.jpg Ray Ellis is a veteran law enforcement officer, former Marine, and ordained Christian pastor. Ray began his career in law enforcement with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in the city of Orange, California in 1989. After working for a number of years in the maximum security facility, he transferred to patrol, working along Orange County’s coast as well as the inner canyons and barrios. After eight years in Orange County, Ray moved to Idaho and continued his law enforcement career where he has served as a patrol officer, detective, and officer instructor for the Idaho POST Council. In 1999 Ray was appointed as a primary instructor for the Idaho POST Academy Police Training Institution for Idaho, instructing on subjects of arrest control, cultural diversity, and instructor development. From 2007-2011 Ray served as the lead sex crimes investigator for the agency where he works. Ray is active in the writer’s community in Idaho and has recently served as the president of the Idahope Writer’s Group. In 2011, Ray was selected as one of the Top Fifty Authors in the state of Idaho. Ray was first ordained into the ministry while living in Orange County and now serves as the Associate Pastor in his home church. Ray has been happily married to his wife, Sharon, since 1983 and has three grown children. Ray currently lives with his family in Idaho. Ray's published work includes novels and short stories: - "I" - A Short Story http://goo.gl/zj7ZM - Notorious (Previously released as N.H.I. (No Humans Involved) - A Nate Richards Novel - Book 1 http://goo.gl/ZshfR - Dead List (Previously released as D.R.T. (Dead Right There) - A Nate Richards Novel - Book 2 http://goo.gl/jPVfY - Insidious - A Nate Richards novel Book 3 http://goo.gl/u3D9z KRACKEN - A Sci-Fi thriller http://goo.gl/xaeyo3 Ray is currently working on the fourth book in the Nate Richards series, and completing a sequel to the sci-fi thriller Kracken. Contact Information: Become Ray's Friend on Facebook: webassets/facebook7.jpg Follow Ray on Twitter: @RayEllisBks Read Ray's Blog: http://authorray.blogspot.com Send Ray an E-Mail: rayellisauthor@gmail.com