I want to make you see the world through the eyes of my characters, if only for a moment. At eleven I started writing fanciful stories, centered on my friends. I guess I still do that. Three writers have left an indelible stamp on me: Anton Chekov, Winston Graham (Poldark Saga) and Laura Lippman. Those are the master story tellers that I try to imitate like a 12-year-old in Little League does Cal Ripken. I grew up in Baltimore and, though now I make my home in Washington State, the charms and faults of that wonderful city are a big part of who I am. For twenty years I made my living as a cost analyst, including overseas stints as a contractor in Qatar, Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

Twenty-one years of night classes earned me a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MBA from the University of Baltimore.
Member PNWA (Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association)

My debut novel, Cathedral Street, is a working class family saga set in Baltimore. Both it and the sequel, The New Road, try to capture some of the magic that city holds for me.

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Both of L J Hippler's novels are available on Amazon.com.

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