Bruce Hutchison

After years as a practicing clinical psychologist, I have recently turned my attention to a fantasy life of writing novels. Clayton Lovell Stone, my action-hero alter-ego, stands over my shoulder and dictates as I scribe his adventures. When someone asked me what I do to keep busy, I said I write thriller novels. I spend a lot of time figuring out different ways to kill people. “Isn’t that nice, she said.”

In my real work life, I am a clinical psychologist who practiced in Delaware, Maryland, and New Mexico. For many years, I was the Chief Psychologist at the Upper Shore Mental Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland, and had a private practice in Easton. I taught therapy and psychopathology courses in Washington College’s Graduate Psychology Program. I was employed as a consultant for adult and adolescent rehabilitation programs, geriatric centers, and law enforcement. I testified as an expert witness in psychological profiling for both the prosecution and the defense and was a member of the State of Maryland’s Forensic Evaluation Team. I supervised psychologists for the Maryland Prison System and served in the Mental Health Section to the 24th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Munich, Germany. I graduated from Stanford University in California and earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Maryland. I currently split my time between Easton and Santa Fe, New Mexico.