About the Author

ALAN KAZDOY was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, and is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Baylor University School of Law. For many years, he handled divorce cases, but, after a few years, decided he wanted to work with a better class of people, so he switched to criminal law. The practice of defending accused criminals is helpful in creating fictional characters, due to the never ending wealth of inspiration provided by those who have fallen short of perfection. In the author's fantasy world, he believes that he, like fellow writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, divided his time between New York, Paris and the Riviera, where he associated with the likes of Fitzgerald himself, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. He currently resides with his wife Mackie, in Dallas, Texas.