Throughout his early years, Frank Hickey worked the Harlem streets as a private eye. He lived for months undercover in the Cajun bayous of Louisiana, hunting a killer.His adventures have taken him around the world. Living outdoors or in crude huts, he learned local languages and culture.Carrying the gold shield of a Detective-Investigator/Police Officer, he served in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on an international serial killer case. Using the Sicilian language, he also went undercover against the New York Mafia.As a corporal in the Savannah, Georgia Police Department, he learned aboutthe South.Later, as an LAPD officer, he initiated one-person foot patrols in high-crime areas amid gang wars and drive-by shootings.

37 years of crime adventures from the jungles of Thailand to southern swamps to the streets of New York form his life.Besides his Max Royster series, Frank also co-wrote Spy, the Movie starring Vincent Pastore [The Sopranos.].