Sanford Emerson is a native Maine-iac and “boomer” who came of age in the 1960’s and still remembers most of it. He is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, mostly through the efforts of his college sweetheart, who he credits with persuading him to actually study by using subtle hints and tempting promises. Two weeks after graduation they were married, even though she ​​​​​​​was “from away.” Returning to the real world, Sandy did a stretch in the Navy followed by a thirty-five-year law enforcement career in the mountains of western Maine, during which he wrote mostly non-fiction in the form of police reports, pre-sentence investigations and proposals to his superiors for improvements to the profession which went mostly nowhere.
            These days Sandy lives in Wilton, Maine on a former christmas tree farm with his lovely and talented wife and a slightly psychotic cat who thinks he is a real numbskull. His short stories have appeared in ​​​​​​​Best New England Crime Stories in 2015, 2016, and 2017. He has also been published in Down East Magazine. This is his first full-length fiction.
             Oh, he also runs a woodworking business (jigsawpuzzletables.com) in his spare time, but then nearly every old faht retiree in Maine does that.