Born in Montgomery, Alabama, where my father was stationed during World War II as an Army chaplain. My mother was from Washington State, my father from Illinois, but I have lived all my life since the start of school in California. My parents were both educators, my father a librarian and my ...
My model as a mystery critic was Anthony Boucher, the New York Times Book Review "Criminals at Large" columnist who was equally prominent in the mystery and science fiction fields as author, reviewer, and editor. Boucher seemed to enjoy every type of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction, though he drew the line at trying to keep up with the flood of contemporary gothics that began ...
Self-promotion is very difficult for me. Just doesn't come naturally. While it's true I was once compared to Shakespeare by the New York Times, I am far too self-effacing to mention it. Still, I want to plug a couple of new book titles, one available and one forthcoming, that I'm especially proud of. Examples of thirty years' worth of mystery fiction reviewing are contained in A Shot ...
