For more than 30 years Burt Keimach has worked in journalism covering everything from the antics of the local town drunk, to the doings of presidents and prime ministers. This sometimes dubious and always frenetic activity has found him in the Middle East, the US, the UK, and France. When he turned 50 he decided he'd had enough of the travelling rat race. So he put his feet up and wrote a couple of books! He still keeps himself busy by acting as a consultant on Middle East issues, and it's this background in history and languages that he used to write his latest book, SUICIDE STRING. It's a study in what can happen when religious fanaticism takes charge and common sense gets thrown into the back seat on a wild ride to the gates of mayhem. Although the characters and events are fictitious, there is a dire warning that should be heeded in today's world climate fraught with fears of terror. His other work, GASCON FEATHERS, also fictitiously addresses a real issue of concern -- what happens when the exploitation of animals runs out of control. The riches gained by greed and cruelty, are offset by the brutalization of the people carrying on the practice of force-feeding ducks and then ripping out the birds' livers to make a highly questionable "delicacy". Issues concern him. Cruelty to people, and brazen disregard for the welfare of animals are revealed in these two books. If there is a lesson it is that bad behaviour leads to chaos, and ends in tears.

Burt Keimach has a B.A. degree from Harvard, and an M.A. from the University of London (SOAS), School of Oriental & African Studies. He also speaks and writes fluently in three languages, and can patter along in a couple of others.

He lives in a quiet small village in rural England, where he quips he pays his taxes and keeps his head down. Also, he's still married to his first wife of 36 years, and they have two grown children.

Suicide String
A serious manual of "mass instruction"; a major warning for everyone everywhere! What can happen in the wake of 9/11 when suicide bombers run wild. A riveting tale with a gasping end. THE DANGER IS FOREVER! MISS IT AT YOUR PERIL! Those who have read it say it scares them rigid. They're wondering just where they'll be standing when the next "martyr" bent on entering Paradise decides to divide himself into a few thousand pieces!

Gascon Feathers
A sorry story of animal exploitation and the greed that brutalizes the grasping practitioners of this ghastly business. The ducks whose livers will become "foie gras" are the catalysts for the unleashing of the ugly undersides to human passions.