Dylan Struzan began working on A BLOODY BUSINESS in 1995, shortly after meeting Jimmy Alo in retirement in Florida, and she spent the next twenty years researching and writing the book. It is her first novel. She has also written the text of OEUVRE, a book collecting the iconic movie art of her husband of more than 50 years, Drew Struzan. Together with Drew, Dylan has spent the past several decades immersed in the world of Hollywood writers, directors, and musicians, counting as family friends the likes of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Guillermo del Toro.