Carl Vonderau is the author of MURDERABILIA, a thriller that takes place in the upper crust world of private banking. 

Carl grew up in a suburb of Cleveland and studied economics at Stanford and music at San Jose State University before he embarked on a career in banking. That career enabled him to live and work in Latin America, Canada, and North Africa and to do business in Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Carl’s love of books started in elementary school. Forbidden to watch TV after dinner, he had his head in a book most every night. Carl always loved to write but never had the time or money to do it full-time until recently. He says that fiction allows him to synthesize the seemingly contradictory parts of his life. 

Carl is also a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners, an organization that mentors other nonprofits to reach the next level.

Carl lives with his wife in San Diego. His two grown sons are close by and wonder how he knows so much about serial killers and banki