Quote of the day
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
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)