Hurst, Bret: - Bret Hurst loves stories of all kinds and reads everything he can get his hands on, regardless of genre. He has always dreamed of being a writer and has been working on novels and screenplays for as long as he can remember. He grew up in Miami and worked a variety of places-from construction, nuclear power plant, ice cream parlor to Walt Disney World. Bret has degrees from Auburn University and Florida International University and is the CIO of a healthcare company. He loves to travel all over the world and resides outside Atlanta with his wife and three children.