J. C. Ceron is of Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous American ancestry. Born in Bogota, Colombia, he emigrated with his parents to the U.S. at the tender age of three. He was raised in New York and is a graduate of Aviation High School, St. John’s University, and Pace University, where he earned a master’s degree in computer science. He’s an avid technologist and software engineer by day and a mystery/crime writer by night. He’s married and has two teenaged daughters. The family lives on Long Island.