S. J. Ritchey served as a faculty member in Nutrition and as an Academic Dean at Virginia Tech earning an international reputation for research in human nutrition. He published a textbook, numerous...ver maisS. J. Ritchey served as a faculty member in Nutrition and as an Academic Dean at Virginia Tech earning an international reputation for research in human nutrition. He published a textbook, numerous chapters in books and over a hundred scientific papers. Following retirement he began writing fiction. He has short stories in magazines and in two collections published by Blue River Writers. His series on the Watson/Randle partnership began with the publishing of Scams and Murders. Runaway Witness is the second in the series.
The author lives with his wife, Elizabeth, in Blacksburg, Virginia, and since his retirement, they spend summers at her family cottage on Lake Couchiching near Washago, Ontario, Canada.ver menos