Shelly Frome is a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at the University of Connecticut, a former professional actor, a writer of mysteries, books on theater and film, and articles on the performing arts appearing in a number of periodicals in the U.S. and the U.K.. His fiction includes "Tinseltown Riff," "Lilac Moon" and "Sun Dance for Andy Horn." Among his works of non-fiction are the acclaimed "The Actors Studio" and texts on the art and craft of screenwriting and writing for the stage. "The Twinning Murders" is a trans-Atlantic cozy in the classic British tradition. He lives in Litchfield,