Richard A. Lord has lived in Philadelphia, the Greater Boston area, London, Frankfurt (Germany), Rome, and Singapore.

Lord had published over 20 books, many of them non-fiction works. Among his non-fiction works that have been published are Culture Shock! Germany; Succeed In Business - Germany; and Insider's Frankfurt. His published novels include The Strangler's Waltz and A Splintered Miracle. As an editor, he was responsible for Crime Scene Singapore; Crime Scene Asia; and Best Asian Crime Fiction. In addition to editing these three volumes, Lord short stories of his own in each book.

ONe of Lord's short stories, A Perfect Exit was adapted as a TV movie and broadcast on Singapore's Mediacorp Channel 5. Another short story, The Lost History of Shadows, was filmed as a four-part mini-series and also broadcast by Singapore's Channel 5 under the title Keong Saik Street.

As a playwright, Lord has seen his plays produced in Boston, London, Frankfurt (Germany) and Singapore.

Lord was the co-founder of two pub theatre companies in Frankfurt, Germany: the Mainstream Theatre Company and Just Us. Mainstream Theatre Company eventually performed two trilogies of one-acts at the Intenationales Theater Frankfurt. He also co-wrote, co-directed and acted in A Kingdom For A Stage, a two-person anthology of scenes and speeches from Shakespeare that performed in a Frankfurt suburb and in Stuttgart, Germany.

Two of his stage plays were broadcast as radio plays by BBC World Service, the second of which (The Boys At City Hall Discuss A Whole Mess of Important Subjects As Well As Some Other Things) was a BBC Highlight of the Month. His ten-minute play, Exchanges, won Best Play, Best Actress and Best Actor awards at the first Singapore Short & Sweet Festival.

Lord has also had two chapbooks of poetry published - by Stone Soup Press (Boston) and Amberse Press (Frankfurt).

Richard A Lordt

@RALLYLORD

Currently in exile.

Richard A Lordt has not written a story.