Melvyn ChaseAfter a thirty-five-year career in public relations, Melvyn Chase retired and began to write fiction. In 2005, Sunstone Press published his first collection of short stories, "The Terminal Project and Other Voyages of Discovery," a finalist in the 207 New Mexico Book Awards. In 2008, Sunstone published his first novel, "The Wingthorn Rose," and in 2012, his second novel, "September Songs." Chase was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a B.A. in English Literature at Brooklyn College and an M.A. at New York University. He and his wife, a retired editor and publicist, live in suburban Connecticut, only a short drive from their son and daughter and four grandchildren. Read More Read Less