Brad Crowther

Brad Crowther grew up in Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, and Kentucky. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville, spent four years in the Coast Guard, then obtained a master’s degree from the University of Rhode Island. His first career was with Rhode Island’s state criminal justice planning agency, where he eventually became executive director. His second career was as a consultant to government, non-profit, and educational organizations. He has been writing fiction for decades. He has had two novels published, THE NINTH MAN, by Ingalls Publishing Group, and MURDER TAKES THE CAKE, by Camel Press. He is also a winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award (BONA) sponsored by the Wolfe Pack, a literary group dedicated to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mystery novels, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM). His winning novella, "Politics makes Dead Bedfellows," was published by AHMM. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America (MWA), International Thriller Writers (ITW), International Association of Crime Writers (IACW), and South Carolina Writers Association (SCWA).