Richard Beeson attended Columbia University and the Juilliard School of Music, then enjoyed a successful career as an orchestral musician at Lincoln Center, performing alongside Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, and Placido Domingo, among others. In 1987 Beverly Sills appointed him to the position of Orchestra Manager at the New York City Opera. In the year 2000, he left the performing arts so he could return to an earlier passion: writing fiction. Since then he has completed Seduction of a Wanton Dreamer, the thriller Stonewall’s Head, and a play titled The Ball of Plutonium. He lives in New York City with his wife, Elli Frye.

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