Rick Boyer

Rick Boyer (born October 13, 1943 in Evanston , Illinois ; actually Richard Lewis Boyer ) is an American writer .

The son of a lawyer studied English at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and "creative writing" with Kurt Vonnegut at the University of Iowa . There he received a Master of Fine Arts degree . Boyer has been a Lecturer in Literature at Western Carolina University since 1988 .

From 1968 he was married to Elaine Edith Smudsky. The marriage, from which they have two sons, was divorced in 1983.

Works

• The Giant Rat of Sumatra (German Sherlock Holmes and the giant rat of Sumatra , ISBN 3-421-01892-8 )
• Billingsgate Shoal (1982) (Eng. Sandbank . Ullstein, 1984. ISBN 3-548-10246-8 )
• The Penny Ferry (1984) (Ger. The missing finger . Ullstein, 1985. ISBN 3-548-10316-2 )
• The Daisy Ducks (1986) (Ger. The Daisy Ducks . Ullstein, 1988. ISBN 3-548-10544-0 )
• Moscow Metal (1987)
• The Whale's Footprints (1988)
• Gone to Earth (1990)
• Yellow Bird (1991)
• Pirate Trade (1994)
• The Man Who Whispered (1998)
• The Runt (1997)
• Mzungu Mjinga: Swahili for Crazy White Man (2004)
• Buck Gentry (2005)
• Places Rated Almanac: Your Guide to Finding the Best Places to Live in America (1981)
• Places Rated Retirement Guide: Finding the Best Places in America for Retirement Living (1983)
• Yes, They're All Ours: Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other (1994)
• Home Educating With Confidence (1996)
• Fun Projects for Hands on Character Building (1996)
• What About Socialization: Answering the Questions About Homeschooling And Social Interaction (2001)

Awards

• 1983 Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel for Billingsgate Shoal (German: Untiefe . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1984)

literature

• Jim Huang: " Boyer, Rick (Richard Lewis) ", in: St. James guide to crime & mystery writers , edited by Jay P. Petersen, Detroit (St. James Press), 4th edition 1996, 95-7
• Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series , Detroit, Vol. 62 (1998) pp. 34-5