Dick Stodghill's Page
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
- About Me:
- Have been writing short mysteries since 1979 as well as other stuff. I'm an old guy of 84 but still work at the craft at least six hours a day, seven days a week. When I was 18 way back in time I was an infantry rifleman in the invasion of Normandy. Spent much of my life as a newspaper reporter and columnist but put in a couple of years as a Pinkerton detective during the 1950s. Am a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America and the Akron Press Club.
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Website:
- http://www.dickstodghill.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Too many to begin to name them.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Law and Order Criminal Intent, Bones, House, The Office, any movie in black & white.
Dick Stodghill's Blog
Would you rather write or rob banks?
This is a story I've told many times before about a mystery writer I knew in his mature years. His name was Al Nussbaum and when he was young he was a bank robber who made the Top 10 on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
When he was hiding out, Al decided the best way to do it was pretend to be a writer because that way he had an excuse for seldom leaving his rented room. He bought a sports coat with elbow patches and a pipe because he thought that made him look like a writer. He also bought a… Continue
When he was hiding out, Al decided the best way to do it was pretend to be a writer because that way he had an excuse for seldom leaving his rented room. He bought a sports coat with elbow patches and a pipe because he thought that made him look like a writer. He also bought a… Continue
Posted on May 13, 2008 at 6:51am — 2 Comments
The heroes of their time
This has nothing to do with crime or mysteries but I'm copying this Stodghill Says So blog here anyhow:
In the spring and summer of 1930 we were living in a brick apartment building only a stone’s throw from Navin Field, home of the Detroit Tigers. I didn’t know what it was about, but sometimes on spring afternoons I could hear people cheering inside the big enclosure that to me looked like just another building.
There were other boys in the neighborhood, most of them a…
Continue Posted on February 15, 2008 at 12:39am — 1 Comment
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Thanks for befriending me here, and no, I don't have any connection to Fort Carson, though the military is very important in Colorado Springs, with that base, the USAF Academy, Peterson AFB, NORAD, etc. here.
I'm looking forward to reading "Deathtown" in AHMM.
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
Do you have a web address for that UK woman's Published Authors? Thank you.
I hope I'm still writing that much when I'm 82. You're an inspiration.
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