Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Madison Smartt Bell

Born: August 1, 1957 (age 67)
Bio: Madison Smartt Bell is an American novelist. He is known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, published 1995 2004.
Known for:
- All Souls' Rising (1995)
- Master of the crossroads (2000)
- Narrative design (1996)
- Toussaint Louverture: A Biography (2007)
- The Color of Night (2011)