Batten, Jack

Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has led a very happy life as a freelance writer for many years. The author of thirty-five books, Batten writes the biweekly "Whodunnit" column in the "Toronto Star", has reviewed jazz for the "Globe and Mail", and has reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. Not surprisingly, jazz, movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang s life. Jack Batten lives in Toronto.