Christian Crossings with Author Scott Morales

About this episode

Scott Morales discusses his journey as a retired police officer turned author of historical crime fiction.

Scott Morales is a retired police officer and author known for his historical crime fiction novels. His first published work, "Strawberry Concrete," is a crime novel featuring Jack Lelfeur, a transplanted Cajun to the Hoosier north. Morales has a background in law enforcement, having worked with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Fort Wayne Police Department in Indiana. He currently resides in Tennessee and works for a security company. Morales has expressed that he deals with writer's block by starting to write something else to cleanse his pallet and has shared that life can be messy, and as a writer, one can clean life up and answer those questions.

People in this episode

Host: John Wood

Guest: Scott Morales

Topics covered

• crime fiction
• author interview
• writer's block
• law enforcement
• historical fiction

Keywords

• Scott Morales
• crime novels
• historical fiction
• writer's block
• law enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Fort Wayne Police Department

Books & works: Strawberry Concrete

Places: Tennessee, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indiana