Joan Mellen is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University and author of 20 books-ranging from biography and sports to film criticism-including A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History. She has written articles for several publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Pennington, New Jersey.
"""Joan Mellen is a rare breed--a biographer who writes with the passion of a truth-seeker, the skill of an artisan, and the attention to detail of a well-trained scholar-researcher. She digs deep and she cares. I look forward to reading every book she writes."" --Richard Layman, author, Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett , on A Farewell to Justice"