Edward, a young English professor, was obsessed with the violin he had inherited from his Aunt Susan. When he faces Susan's portrait and plays the music she left him, her secret romance and other family secrets play out before him. His girlfriend, Cynthia, dislikes Edward's attention to Susan's violin, and coaxes him into the bedroom at every opportunity. Dr. Parke Sellard comes from a family of musicians and teachers. He grew up during the Depression in a small town in the Southwest. He enlisted in the Army at age 17 and was a foot soldier in World War II. He graduated from a college in the South and was trained as an optometric physician in Southern California and Houston, Texas.He has four degrees, including a MA in psychology, and he went to both optometry and medical school. He is also a licensed pilot and figure skates. He currently lives in the Monzano Mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.Retired from practice, he now writes novels. His books include: Susan's Violin, The Boswell Gene, The Glass Fish, Three Score and Ten, Twilight Journey, The Solid Brick House and WOZ.He is currently writing a story called, "Love Me, Love Me Not," about a woman who was "done wrong" by a fellow when she was young and is out to get even by making men pay for every attention she gives them. She eventually has to choose between a rich man and a man she loves.
