Richard J. Cass
Last Call at the Esposito by Maine writer Richard J. Cass

Richard J. Cass

Richard Cass is the author of the Elder Darrow jazz mystery series. The first book, Solo Act, was a finalist for the 2017 Maine Literary Awards in Crime Fiction. Its prequel, In Solo Time, won the 2018 Maine Literary Award in Crime Fiction. The third book in the series, Burton’s Solo, was released in November 2018, and the fourth, Last Call at the Esposito, will be published in September 2019. He has also published a book of short stories entitled Gleam of Bone. Cass serves on the board of Mystery Writers of America’s New England Chapter and blogs with the Maine Crime Writers at www.mainecrimewriters.com.

Cass holds a graduate degree in writing from the University of New Hampshire, where he studied with Thomas Williams, Jr. and Joseph Monninger. He has also studied with Ernest Hebert, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Molly Gloss. He has been an Individual Artist's Fellow for the state of New Hampshire and a Fellow at the Fishtrap Writers' Conference in Oregon. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Playboy, Gray’s Sporting Journal, ZZYZVA, and Best Short Stories of the American West. Cass lives in Cape Elizabeth and continues to enjoy participating in conference panels on crime writing and giving readings and talks at Maine's libraries and book stores. Visit: rjcassbooks.com.