David L. Lindsey is an American novelist, working primarily in the

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and

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genres. He has published fourteen novels in a writing career spanning 29 years.

Biography

Lindsey was born in

Kingsville, Texas Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi and Harlingen, Kingsville is the principal city of the Kingsville Micropo ...

, in 1944. He spent his childhood in the Texas

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and in West Texas, near

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. Lindsey graduated from

North Texas State University The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

with a degree in

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. Lindsey moved to

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

, in 1970 and has lived there ever since. During the 1970s, Lindsey worked as a book editor at a number of small publishing houses in Austin. At one point he operated his own publishing firm, Heidelberg Publishers. During his years in publishing, Lindsey had an interest in writing, but felt it would be fiscally "irresponsible". Finally, in 1980 his wife urged him to "go for it". Lindsey decided to write mystery fiction because of its general marketability. His first two novels appeared in 1983: ''Black Gold, Red Death'' and ''A Cold Mind''. The latter work introduced Houston homicide detective Stuart Haydon, a cultured, independently wealthy protagonist who appeared in four subsequent novels. By 1994 Lindsey had over two million books in print. By 2004, his novels had been translated into 20 languages. His 1990 novel ''Mercy'' was adapted into a movie - also called ''

Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...

'' - in 2000.

Novels

* ''Black Gold, Red Death'' (1983) * ''A Cold Mind'' (1983) – a Stuart Haydon novel * ''Heat from Another Sun'' (1984) – a Stuart Haydon novel * ''Spiral'' (1986) – a Stuart Haydon novel * ''In the Lake of the Moon'' (1988) – a Stuart Haydon novel * ''Mercy'' (1990) * ''Body of Truth'' (1992) – a Stuart Haydon novel * ''An Absence of Light'' (1994) * ''Requiem for a Glass Heart'' (1996) * ''The Color of Night'' (1999) * ''Animosity'' (2001) * ''The Rules of Silence'' (2003) * ''The Face of the Assassin'' (2004) * ''Pacific Heights'' (2011) (under the pen name Paul Harper)

References

External links

David Lindsey official website
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Suspense Novelist David Lindsey on Rag Radio
interviewed by

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