JAMES H LEWIS is the author of eight novels. Seven are mysteries, and one, The Quadrant Conspiracy, is a historical novel set in WW2 Canada. Novak’s Verdict is the third in his Chief Novak series of Pittsburgh-based police procedurals. A new book, featuring Detective Lydia Barnwell, a character from the Novak series, launches on May 16.Lewis is former journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, on ABC News, PBS, and the Eurovision News Exchange, he works as a storyteller for nonprofit organizations. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA and is a member of Mystery Writers of America, PennWriters, and The Author's Guild.He has lived and worked in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, New England, Oregon, and Sweden. As a journalist, he helped launch and co-hosted FEEDBACK, an innovative public affairs program produced at WJCT, Jacksonville, and funded by the Ford Foundation. He spent a year in Stockholm under a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, working in the Central News Department of Sveriges Radio, Sweden's national public broadcasting service, for which he produced English-language news reports for distribution through Eurovision.During his long career in public media, he served stations throughout the country as Executive Producer, Director of Development, Station Manager, and General Manager and as President of the OPB Foundation in Portland, Oregon. In 1996 he co-founded Lewis Kennedy Associates, a consulting firm to non-profit organizations, known today as LKA Fundraising and Communications. He continues to work for LKA as a copywriter.He was honored by PBS as Fundraising Professional of the Year in 1994 and by Greater Public with its President's Award on his retirement in 2011. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh where they dote on their two grandchildren. His articles on travel, fundraising, and non-profit management have been published in national newspapers and magazines.Read more about this authorRead less about this author