Author Biography
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kevin Bruce is a native Californian born in San Francisco in 1941. He has been engaged in many professions, working variously as a musician, Russian interpreter, advertising copywriter, and real estate appraiser. He received a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, in 1968 and more recently a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Stanford University in 1996. His master's thesis evolved into his first book, The Murals of John Pugh: Beyond Trompe L'oeil, published in 2005. His second book, Large Art in Small Places - discovering the California mural towns, was published in 2009. Both were published by Ten Speed Press/Random House. He is currently engaged as an author and an art historian with a focus on chronicling the contemporary mural. He resides with his wife Pauline in Scottsdale and Star Valley, Arizona. His father was J. Campbell Bruce, author of Escape from Alcatraz, the basis for the movie of the same name, and the inspiration for this novel. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kevin Bruce is a native Californian born in San Francisco in 1941. He has been engaged in many professions, working variously as a musician, Russian interpreter, advertising copywriter, and real estate appraiser. He received a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, in 1968 and more recently a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Stanford University in 1996. His master's thesis evolved into his first book, The Murals of John Pugh: Beyond Trompe L'oeil, published in 2005. His second book, Large Art in Small Places - discovering the California mural towns, was published in 2009. Both were published by Ten Speed Press/Random House. He is currently engaged as an author and an art historian with a focus on chronicling the contemporary mural. He resides with his wife Pauline in Scottsdale and Star Valley, Arizona. His father was J. Campbell Bruce, author of Escape from Alcatraz, the basis for the movie of the same name, and the inspiration for this novel.
