Ricardo is an award-winning screenwriter and the author of the Detective Byone novels, including The Dying Dance, a Detective Moses Byone novel which is the first in the series that follow the detective through dark and sinister cases set in 1970's New Orleans. Ricardo is an avid reader, travels extensively with favorite destinations in the United States South and international locations in South America and Europe. He is a fan of horror books and movies, dark art and "The Blues." He resides in Northern Virginia with his family where he continues to write more screenplays and novels.