Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Timothy Hallinan

Born: 1949 (age 76)
Bio: Timothy Hallinan is an American thriller writer, based in Southern California and Southeast Asia. In the 1990s, Hallinan created the erudite private eye Simeon Grist, who appeared in a total of six novels, all set in Los Angeles.
Known for:
- A Nail Through the Heart (2007)
- The Queen of Patpong (2010)
- The Fourth Watcher (2008)
- Fields Where They Lay (2016)
- Herbie's Game (2014)