A famous journalism dean is found dead at the bottom
of a stairwell. Accident or murder?
The police suspect members of the faculty who had engaged in fierce quarrels
with the dean -- distinguished scholars who were known to attack the dean like
brutal schoolyard bullies. When Meredith
“Red” Solaris is appointed interim dean, the faculty suspects are furious. Will
the beautiful red-haired professor be next? The case detective tries to protect
her as he leads the investigation. But threats show up and lead him to believe
Red’s the next target for death.
“The Red Queen’s Run” is the
first mystery in a trilogy about campus violence by former university
professor, Bourne Morris. It will be published on December 9, 2014 by Henery Press.
I began writing at Bennington College where I studied under the late poet laureate, Howard Nemerov. After college, I worked briefly for The Vanguard Press and spent two years in the fiction department of McCall’s Magazine. In New York, I grew to admire adman, David Ogilvy, and was lucky enough to be hired as a writer at his advertising agency. These were the “Mad Men“ days of advertising but I was treated wonderfully, promoted to creative supervisor and then to senior vice president.
Later, I moved west to become head of Ogilvy’s agency in Los Angeles where I managed 200 employees who served clients Mattel, Columbia Pictures, General Foods cereals, and Baskin-Robbins. I was invited to be a member of the 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee and a board director of Southwestern University Law School. I co-founded the ICAN Associates, a fund-raising organization devoted to helping the Los Angeles Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.
In 1983, I joined the faculty of the Reynolds School of Journalism at The University of Nevada, Reno as a full professor. In addition to teaching, I served for six months as director of affirmative action and, in 2003, was elected chair of the UNR Faculty Senate. I served on the executive boards of the Economic Development Commission of Western Nevada and The Forum for a Common Agenda, non-profits devoted to improving northern Nevada’s economy and education.
I retired to write fiction in 2009 and spend time at home in Reno, Nevada with my husband Bob Buss, a retired stockbroker. We share four children and eight grandchildren and are currently owned by a Golden retriever.
Later, I moved west to become head of Ogilvy’s agency in Los Angeles where I managed 200 employees who served clients Mattel, Columbia Pictures, General Foods cereals, and Baskin-Robbins. I was invited to be a member of the 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee and a board director of Southwestern University Law School. I co-founded the ICAN Associates, a fund-raising organization devoted to helping the Los Angeles Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.
In 1983, I joined the faculty of the Reynolds School of Journalism at The University of Nevada, Reno as a full professor. In addition to teaching, I served for six months as director of affirmative action and, in 2003, was elected chair of the UNR Faculty Senate. I served on the executive boards of the Economic Development Commission of Western Nevada and The Forum for a Common Agenda, non-profits devoted to improving northern Nevada’s economy and education.
I retired to write fiction in 2009 and spend time at home in Reno, Nevada with my husband Bob Buss, a retired stockbroker. We share four children and eight grandchildren and are currently owned by a Golden retriever.
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