1–What is the title of your latest release? THE LOCK BOX 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Monna Locke, L.A.’s finest safecracker, is kidnapped and forced to participate in the heist of the century. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It needed to be a tropical location, but L.A.-based Monna needed to feel lost and out-of-place, so Miami became the obvious setting and I think it worked out pretty well.  That said, I really wanted to get a trip to Miami out of it, but COVID kept that from happening! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I would, but Monna’s not really the “hang out” type.  Some of the people who need safes opened discretely—Monna’s speciality—aren’t very nice, so she’s plenty busy and when she’s not, she’s learned to keep to herself to try and avoid any trouble.  Although, as The Lock Box shows, trouble tends to find her anyway. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Strong, mechanically inclined, and loyal. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Every one of my books teaches me something about technology, so in this one I learned all…