The Books

The Writer

Richard Cass is the author oftheElder Darrow jazz mystery series: Solo Actwas a finalist for the 2017 Maine Literary Awards in Crime Fiction. Its prequel, In Solo Time, won the 2018 Maine Literary Award in Crime Fiction. Burton's Solowas released in 2018 and the fourth book in the series, Last Call at the Esposito, will release in September, 2019.

Cass holds a graduate degree in writing from the University of New Hampshire, where he studied with Thomas Williams, Jr. and Joseph Monninger. He has also studied with Ernest Hebert, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Molly Gloss. He has been an Individual Artist's Fellow for the state of New Hampshire and a Fellow at the Fishtrap Writers' Conference in Oregon. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared inPlayboy, Gray’s Sporting Journal, ZZYZVA, andBest Short Stories of the American West. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME.

dick.cass@gmail.com