ABOUT ME
I hail from Western Pennsylvania. Mother and Dad gave me books at Christmases and birthdays, instilling a love of reading and listening to stories that continues to this day. My grandparents, aunts and uncles were born storytellers, and they delighted me with tales of family escapades and mysterious personal experiences which they couldn't or wouldn't explain, perhaps .to kindle my desire to tell my own stories, or to keep me from opening the closet where the skeletons were stored.
After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in English and completing studies at the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, I served congregations as pastor for twenty-four years. In addition to writing weekly sermons I created my "altar" ego, Pious Pete, the Protestant Pope, a character I used in newsletters to poke fun at myself and at the foibles of the organized church.
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I accepted a challenge by a friend to write a murder mystery about a kumquat, but after my honest appraisal of the manuscript, I retired it to a folder in the back of a file cabinet. Since then I have written and published five books in the David Elliott Mystery Series following David Elliott from high school to adulthood.
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Today I live with my wife Karen in Las Cruces, New Mexico where we einjoy the company of wonderful friends, visiting family back East, exploring archaeological sites and learning more about the cultures ofSouthwest indigenous peoples. I enjoy watching baseball, reading other authors' books and cooking.
I love to talk and listen to strangers in supermarkets, bars, restaurants, bookstores and the barbershop. I'd love to hear your story. My address is herringtonbd@gmail.com.
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