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Ronald Clair Roat

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Ronald Clair Roat
BornApril 4, 1946
Pontiac, Michigan, United States
DiedNovember 28, 2013(2013-11-28) (aged 67)
Ludington, Michigan
OccupationNovelist

Ronald Clair Roat (April 4, 1946 – November 28, 2013)[1] was the author of the Stuart Mallory Mystery Series. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1968 with a bachelor's in journalism. Later that year he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served about two years with a Nike Hercules missile battalion near Pittsburgh, Pa. Before becoming a journalism professor, he worked for several newspapers as a professional reporter, editor, or columnist. The newspapers included the Lansing State Journal, Dominion News (Morgantown, W.Va.), Dayton Daily News, and The Times in Frankfort, Ind. He served as a journalism professor at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana, between 1986 and 2008 when he retired.

Stuart Mallory Mystery Series

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The series consists of three books:

  • Close Softly the Doors
  • A Still and Icy Silence
  • High Walk

References

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  1. ^ "Ronald Clair Roat Obituary". Courier News. December 5, 2013.