David Y. B. Kaufmann

AUTHOR BIO

David Y. B. Kaufmann has triangulated the country, having been born in Seattle, grown up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and finally settling in New Orleans. He and his wife Nechama have seven children. He has taught for over 35 years and has a Ph.D. in English. He is an eclectic author, having written scholarly articles on Mark Twain, Jane Austen and Narrative Closure as well as hundreds of essays on a variety of topics. He has edited several chess books (having been an active player and teacher), as well medical texts and legal briefs. He has translated works of Jewish thought and co-authored the memoir, Judaism Online: Confronting Spirituality on the Internet, with Shoshana Zakar. His fiction includes The Silent Witness, a Young Adult novel set in New Orleans, Trees and Forest: A Mystery, a tale wth a mystical basis, set around Tulane University in post-Katrina New Orleans, and the Scotch and Herring Mystery Series, set in 1950s Brooklyn, featuring Scottish NYPD Detective James McCallum and his life-long friend, Rabbi Drew Aldala. The Scotch and Herring Mystery Series includes Rampage on Rogers Avenue, Assault in Forgotten Alley, a Work-in-Progress to be published in 2017, and several short stories.

Connect with David Y.B. Kaufmann Online:

Email: david@ScotchandHerring.com

Website: ScotchandHerring.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.kaufmann.967

Twitter: http://twitter.com/dybkaufmann