Alison Naomi Holt

@alisonnaomiholt

About

Alison Holt writes what she knows. Her stories reflect thetwenty years she spent as an officer moving through the ranks of the TucsonPolice Department. During her career, she worked patrol to investigations,commanded undercover units and riot control squads and trained as a hostagenegotiator. Always the one to rock the boat, she took a voluntary demotiontoward the end of her career to supervise the department’s eleven man K9 unit.Her characters talk like real cops, think like real supervisors, and react likereal people.

      Prior to joining the policedepartment, Alison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing fromthe University of Arizona. When she retired, Alison went back to doing what shehad always wanted to do—write.  Herfirst book, The Door at the Top of the Stairs combines her insights into humannature with her knowledge of the darker side of the human psyche.

   Alison's life as a cop gave her abizarre sense of humor, a realistic look at life, and an insatiable desire tolive life to the fullest. She loves all horses & hounds and some humans…