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Bogey and me, and Alan makes three
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In 2009, I won The Malice Domestic/St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional
Novel Competition for THE END GAME, to be released by St. Martin's Minotaur on April 27, 2010.
I grew up in Missouri,
then came South to join the staff of the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I researched and edited the columns of humorist
Lewis Grizzard and co-wrote a news column with another reporter for three years.
Lewis became my mentor, and when he
passed away, I joined the newspapers' Southern Task Force. As a reporter, I traveled the Tobacco Roads of Georgia, Virginia
and Alabama, and the narrow, historic streets of New Orleans. I wrote about Natchez, Mississippi's unique history, Florida's
diverse population, and the Outer Banks struggle to keep the Cape Hatteras light house from toppling into the sea. Also, I
served on the National News Desk and on the City Desk's City Life section.
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When I retired, I knew I would write crime fiction. I covered crime for
the newspaper. Real crime is sordid, with no romance or redeeming features. Justice often doesn't prevail. Real people go
back to miserable lives. In writing fictional crime, I can make the good guys winners and give the bad guys what they deserve.
In
2009 I signed a contract with Desert Breeze Publishing for two romance e-books: The Laura Kate Plantation Series, Book I,
WHEN SERPENTS DIE (04/01) and Book II, HONORED DAUGHTERS (10/01). WAGON DOGS, Book III, will be released in October, 2010.
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