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WL Racherbaumer
Born Elmhurst, Illinois 1945
My path to writing was a circuitous one. In my twenties I was musician and Navy Journalist. My eclectic thirties included editor for a music magazine, disc jockey and ...view moreBorn Elmhurst, Illinois 1945
My path to writing was a circuitous one. In my twenties I was musician and Navy Journalist. My eclectic thirties included editor for a music magazine, disc jockey and retailer in a tourist town. My forties and fifties were dedicated to post-secondary education. Through it all I continued my love affair with the sport of horse racing which began in 1955 when I saw Nashua beat Swaps at Washington Park in Chicago. That experience and many subsequent seasons of racing are the basis for my Billy Six novels. The authors who have most influenced me are Raymond Chandler, John MacDonald, Kenneth Millar, James Ellroy and James Lee Burke.view less