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.
Steven Millhauser

Born: August 3, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Steven Millhauser is an American novelist and short story writer. He won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Martin Dressler. The prize brought many of his older books back into print.
Known for:
- Voices in the Night: Stories (2015)
- We Others: New and Selected Stories (2011)
- Dangerous Laughter (2008)
- The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (1998)