Franscell, Ron
1957 -
San Antonio TX 78258
franscellr@aol.com
www.ronfranscell.com
Ron Franscell's THE DARKEST NIGHT
Biographical and Professional Information
Winner of the 1996 Wyoming Literary Fellowship and longtime Wyoming newspaperman, Ron Franscell's previously published novels include ANGEL FIRE (1998), listed by the San Francisco Chronicle among the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West; and THE DEADLINE (1999), a taut mystery that was in the Poisoned Pen’s top 25 best crime fictions that year. His first nonfiction, "FALL: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town" -- about a 1973 crime against two of his childhood friends in Casper, Wyo., where he grew up -- was released in January 2007. St. Martin's published the bestselling mass-market paperback under a new title, THE DARKEST NIGHT.
Upcoming books include OUTLAW TEXAS (Spring 2011, Globe Pequot), a travel guide to 400 crime-related sites in Texas, from pirate Jean Lafitte's Galveston house to the Enron headquarters ... and as-yet-untitled book exploring the lives of 10 mass-murder survivors (Late 2010, Fair Winds Press).
Franscell has most recently been an editor for Hearst Newspapers and a senior writer at the Denver Post, where he wandered the American West in search of stories about the region's evolving culture, society and economy. Shortly after Sept. 11, the Post dispatched him to cover the Middle East during the first few months of the war in Afghanistan.
Franscell is a graduate of Casper-Kelly Walsh (1975) and the University of Wyoming (1979). His daughter Ashley is now a photojournalist in Utah; son Matt is a student at the University of Nebraska.
Ron is now working on his fourth book.
Categories
Fiction
Nonfiction
Wyoming Subjects
Titles
- THE DARKEST NIGHT: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder. and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town (March 2008). St. Martin's Press. ISBN: 0312948468.
- FALL: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town (January 2007). New Horizon Press. ISBN: 0882822799.
- THE DEADLINE: A mystery (1999). Write Way Publishing. ISBN: 1885173733.
- ANGEL FIRE: A novel (1998). Laughing Owl Publishing (Reissue: Berkley/Penguin Putnam 2000). ISBN: 0965970124.
Speaking/Signing Engagements
Accepts speaking engagements.
Contact: franscellr@aol.com
Upcoming appearances
SEPT. 27, 2:30 pm: Book discussion at San Antonio Writers Group at La Taza Coffee House, 15060 San Pedro (Brookhollow Center) in San Antonio. Free to the public, especially for aspiring writers.