Douglas B. Richardson

Lawyer by Training, Writer by Nature, Storyteller at Heart

I can be described as a "recovering lawyer" turned novelist who has enjoyed a career as diverse as the world in my first novel, Down Wind and Out of Sight. An award-winning columnist for Dow Jones' National Business Employment Weekly for over two decades, I have now turned my heart and hand to writing fiction.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, with a Master's degree in communications from Penn's Annenberg School for Communication, I was a trial lawyer in a large Philadelphia law firm and then a federal prosecutor responsible for complex criminal investigations and high-profile prosecutions. Later, I became counsel to Pennsylvania's mental hospitals and mental retardation centers before being named Director of Communications for a multi-billion-dollar government agency.

In a mid-career shift, I became an executive coach and recognized authority on career management. Now, at age 75 and drawing on my vast experiences, I have shifted to writing fiction -- thrillers, actually.

I live with my extraordinary wife and a "variety pack" of four spectacularly gonzo dogs.