D. L. Tracey

Author D.L. Tracey, an American fiction writer, writes books that run the gambit of life. His main passion is horror, fiction, and suspense. He writes in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", and Robert Albert Bloch, a cheerfully ghoulish genre writer, best known for his mid-century chiller Psycho and its memorable adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock.

Donald Lee Tracey was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1957, the second son of Donald and Jane Tracey. Donald attended grammar school in Weymouth Massachusetts and then North Weymouth High School. Thrown onto the streets by an abusive mother at the age of thirteen, he survived on the streets of Weymouth, and at times living with friends. Don dropped out of high school in 1974 two years short of graduation.

In December 1975, Don joined the United States Marine Corps and underwent thirteen weeks of rigorous training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina. It was during this period that he discovered his writing abilities, prompting him to maintain a personal diary documenting his daily experiences, which he titled Short Stories from the Island.

Readers of D.L. Tracey know that Weymouth, Massachusetts, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Galilee, Esker, Lullaby. and The Neighborhood Gang.

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