Steve Scarborough

Steve Scarborough is an author and retired Forensic Scientist with over 30 years of experience in Law Enforcement with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (yes, the CSI) and the FBI. He is an accomplished technical writer with almost 30 articles in trade magazines and professional journals, including the article, “Getting the Forensic Facts Right,” for The Writer that also appeared in the Writer’s Handbook.

His new book is True Crime in Real Time. A unique hybrid true crime book where the reader is a fictional detective, walking the crime scenes, collecting evidence and interviewing suspects in real true crime cases. The facts are from real true crime cases from Lizzie Borden, to OJ, to Scott Peterson but the reader is the investigating detective.

Steve also has a murder mystery novel set in ex-pat Costa Rica. He also has two published humor books, “Not Tonight Dear, I Have a Computer” and “The Hired Defense Witness Jokebook.” Steve has given lectures and presentations at law enforcement conferences on many forensic topics and talks at writer’s conferences.

Steve has been recognized nationally and internationally (Interpol) for his contributions to forensic science. He is a certified fingerprint expert and was also acknowledged as an expert in digital imaging at the International Forensic Science Symposium in Lyon, France.