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Biography

Born on the Eastern seaboard in 1945, Frederick Highland writes both fiction and non-fiction.

Beginning with Peace Corps service in the South Pacific during the 1960s, Frederick has traveled widely, and lived at various times in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. He has worked as a sailor in the merchant marine, as a tropical agriculturist, and as a university professor in Literature and the Humanities. He holds the MA & Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Creative Writing Program and has published over one hundred articles and short stories.

A Washington State resident since 1996, Frederick Highland lives and writes in Bellingham.

Contact

You may write to Frederick Highland in care of the publisher:

St. Martin’s Press
ATTN: PUBLICITY DEPT.
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010

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Other Works

The Mystery Box: short fiction (Ana Libri Press, 1998) [amazon.com] "The book conveys such a feeling of delight, verve...his 'serious pleasure'...Here is a book, one feels, which the author really enjoyed writing and the enjoyment is contagious"

TheMysteryBox.com - a companion site to The Mystery Box book, containing over 100 interactive short stories and non-fiction pieces, including original content by the author and previously published material redesigned for the web.

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Work in Progress

The Sea Drake Inspired by historical events, this novel is set in the aftermath of the American Civil War and traces the journey of a Confederate naval captain’s wife to discover what has happened to her husband when he does not return from his last command.

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