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Louis Bayard
Long-time Capitol Hill resident Louis Bayard is the author of a five critically acclaimed historical mysteries -- Mr. Timothy, The Pale Blue Eye, The Black Tower, The School of Night, and Roosevelt's Beast -- as well as a novel for young adults, the highly praised Lucky Strikes. A New York Times Notable author, he has been nominated for both the Edgar® and Dagger awards, and he is also a nationally recognized essayist and critic whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Salon. His forthcoming novel, Courting Mr. Lincoln, focuses on the future president and the two people closest to him: his mentor, friend, roommate and possible lover, Joshua Speed, and Mary Todd, who has set her cap for the melancholic lawyer. www.louisbayard.com |