Frederick Weisel has been a writer and editor for more than 30 years. He graduated from Antioch College and has an MA in Victorian Literature and History from the University of Leicester in England. His short stories were awarded an Artists Fellowship from the Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation, and his articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor.
The first novel in the VCI series, The Silenced Women, was published in 2021. The second novel, The Day He Left, was published in February 2022. It won the 2023 Nero Award. The Nero is given for the best mystery novel of the year, and is considered one of the premier awards granted to crime friction authors.
Frederick recently completed the third book in the VCI series and is at work on the fourth. He lives with his wife in Santa Rosa, California, and shares a birthday with his favorite author, Raymond Chandler.
Photo credit: Chelsea Weisel.