C. J. Songer worked for several years with the Glendale, California, Police Department and is married to a former robbery/homicide investigator for the same department. Versed in weapons and self-defense, she's taken classes at Gunsite, "the Harvard of shooting schools," in Arizona; Thunder Ranch in Texas; and FrontSight in California, She's had training with current and ex-Navy SEALs, and has shot, by invitation, at tactical matched where street survival skills are measured. She is now in training in Krav Maga, the Israeli branch of martial arts. Bait is her first novel. She lives in southern California.
