Kenneth M. Sheldon

Kenneth M. Sheldon is the author of the true-crime book Deep Water—Murder, Scandal and Intrigue in a New England town, as well as suspense novels written under the pen name Michael Manley including Probability of Detection and The Family. He formerly served as West Coast Bureau Chief for Byte Magazine, the first magazine about personal computers.

Sheldon is also the creator of books and music for children, which he writes under the name Ken Sheldon, and humor books published as Yankee humorist Fred Marple.