Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. The author of LeGarde Mysteries and Moore Mysteries savors the countryside in the Genesee Valley in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his websites at www.legardemysteries.com and www.mooremysteries.com and watch for his upcoming releases, MAZURKA, coming in January 2009 and HEALEY'S CAVE in March, 2009.

Photo by Dale Lazar, © 2004
Writing Credits:
In addition to receiving publishing contracts for Double Forte', Upstaged, Tremolo: cry of the loon, Mazurka, Healey's Cave, and One Potato, Blue Potato, Aaron writes "Seedlings," a monthly column featured in the Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine (FMAM) and the Mysteryfiction.net literary newsletter "Voice in the Dark.". His short articles on writing have appeared in Absolute Write,and his short essay, "Word Paintings" was included in the 2007 Bylines Writers' Desk Calendar. Check out the Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine for the flash fiction piece, "Follow the Leader" and visit his blogs at www.murderby4.blogspot.com and www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com. Aaron is the Saturday Writing Essential host on Gather.com.
Additional Interests:
Artists: Renoir, Monet, Pissaro,Van Gogh, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec
Composers: Chopin, Puccini, Bizet, Beethoven, Paul Stuart
Operas: La Boheme, followed closely by Tosca and Carmen
Tenors: Luciano Pavarotti and Marcelo Alvarez.
Female Singers: Melanie Lazar, Mirella Freni, Jessye Norman, Ella Fitzgerald
Authors: John D. McDonald, James Patterson, Dick Francis, Clive Cussler, Laurie King, Lillian Jackson Braun, Rex Stout, Peter Mayle, Tony Hillerman, Dean Koontz, SW Vaughn, Lesia Valentine, Bob Burdick, Lad Moore, Marta Stephens, Patricia Fowler.
Movies: To Kill a Mockingbird, Shining Through, Regarding Henry, Sense and Sensibility, Forever Young, The Game, Big, The English Patient, Frequency, Corrina, Corrina, The Family Man, Dragonfly, While You Were Sleeping, The Green Mile, Witness, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Majestic, Nell, As Good As It Gets, The Birdcage, Don Juan de Marco, The Station Agent, The Human Stain, Remains of the Day, Pride & Prejudice, Under the Tuscan Sun.
Cities: Paris, Vienna, New York, Toronto, Stuttgart, Boston, San Antonio
Vacation Sites: Brewster, Mass; Maine; NYC; Toronto; The Adirondaks; The Fingerlakes: Keuka, Honeoye, and Seneca Lakes
Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with hot raspberry or plum sauce
Hot Drinks: Tazo Refresh (mint leaves with a hint of taragon)
Wine: Any good semi-dry Riesling; Vignoles, or Seval Blanc from the NY Finger Lakes or the Mosel region of Germany. Also love Seneca Shores "Black Red."

Photo by Jennifer Lazar, © 2006
Grandson, Gordon

Photo by Melanie Krystal Lazar, © 2004
Drop me a line if you'd like: aaron.lazar at yahoo.com
