Elbert Marshall

Elbert Marshall spent 29 years i the newspaper business -- as a sportswriter, news editor, managing editor and editor -- and 11 years as executive director of the Anson County (N.C.) Chamber of Commerce. He is the co-author of "Plotz" with Sandra Z. Bruney and has written 11 solo novels: "Nomad," "Who Slew Bonnie Blue?", "Emily Lied," "Lukes' Fluke," "Rubicon," "Dream Stalker," "Skyland," "Dark Rose," "Mirrors," "Mooneye" and "Shadow." Elbert and his wife, Carla, live in their hometown of Pound, Va.