Richard  Lewis "Rick" Boyer (1943 - ) reviewed by Patrick Killough American writer. Novel Billingsgate Shoal received the Edgar (Allen Poe) Award for best novel in 1983. Born Evanston, Illinois. English majro at Denison University. MFA in Creative Writing U. of Iowa. Calls  Kurt Vonnegut his favorite teacher, mentor and best friend. At times high school teacher, sold for a publishing company and taught English at Western Carolina University since 1988. In 2010 a part-time resident of Black Mountain, NC, with permanent home in Waynesville, NC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Boyer Bibliography Doc Adams novels     * Billingsgate Shoal (1982)      * The Penny Ferry (1984, 1990)     * The Daisy Ducks (1986)     * Moscow Metal (1987)     * The Whale's Footprints (1988)     * Gone to Earth (1990)     * Yellow Bird (1991)     * Pirate Trade (1994)     * The Man Who Whispered (1998) Other works     * The Giant Rat of Sumatra (1976)  (included in SHERLOCKIAN QUARTET)     * A Sherlockian Quartet (1999); four pastiches of Sherlock Holmes         * Buck Gentry (2005) http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/rick-boyer/ Novels The Runt (1997) Mzungu Mjinga: Swahili for Crazy White Man (2004) Buck Gentry (2005) 08/04/2010 http://www.patrickkillough.com/books/boyer.html