{"id":23310,"count":1,"description":"Richard Podkowski, a native of Chicago's South Side, began writing fiction while studying criminal justice at Loyola University Chicago. As a United States Secret Service special agent, Richard protected U.S. Presidents and foreign dignitaries and investigated major domestic and international financial crimes. After retiring from the Secret Service in 2003 as a supervisory special agent, he became a management member of a Fortune 100 company's global security group. For the last several years, Richard has been a private sector strategic security consultant. Inspired by professional athletes who lived in a fishbowl under constant media scrutiny and made life-altering mistakes, Richard wrote The Walk-On. Other projects include a Christmas romantic comedy screenplay and a crime story. In his free time, Richard enjoys riding his road bike, working out, and making Christmas ornaments. He currently resides with his wife in Los Angeles.","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/?tag=richard-podkowski","name":"Richard Podkowski","slug":"richard-podkowski","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags\/23310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/alumniauthors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&tags=23310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}