Richard Tegnander writes under the name "Richard Anders." Richard was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, New York. After graduating college he worked briefly as a high school teacher before entering the field of law enforcement. He spent the next 35 years working in the criminal justice system. He investigated hundreds of crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. He witnessed first hand the highest good and lowest evil one person can do to another. Much of what you read in his stories is based on these cases. After retiring he wrote his first novel, a murder mystery entitled SCORNED which was published in 2004 under the pen name Richard Anders. His latest work is titled “NO DEED UNPUNISHED.” Richard and his beautiful wife Cindi currently reside in Bethel, New York, an upstate New York community not far from the site where in the 1960s phenomenon known as Woodstock was held. They are currently collaborating on a third novel, which continues to follow the exploits of NYC Homicide Detective John Straub. It's tentative title is "Oh Carol."