RICHARD TYLER JORDAN is a novelist and nonfiction writer. His books include <em>Breakfast at Timothy’s</em> and the <em>Polly Pepper Mysteries</em> series: <em>Final Curtain, A Talent for Murder, Set Sail for Murder, </em>and <em>Naughty or Nice. </em>Writing as Mike Melbourne, Kensington Publishing Corp. published <em>Tricks of the Trade, Hunk House, Gay Blades</em> (each of which was #1 on the InsightOut Book Club Bestsellers Lists), and <em>One Night Stand</em>. He has also contributed novellas to the Kensington anthologies <em>Summer Share, </em>and <em>All I Want for Christmas</em> (both of which earned Lambda Literary Award nominations), and <em>Man of My Dreams. </em>Jordan is also the author of <em>But Darling, I’m Your Auntie Mame,</em> a history of the fictional icon created by Patrick Dennis. As a senior publicist and staff writer with The Walt Disney Studios for thirty years, Jordan worked on the marketing campaigns of over 500 live-action and animated feature films. An expat from America, Richard now lives in England in a 16th-century cottage (with his husband and a definitely not scary ghost).
