Bobby Underwood is an American now living in the Snowy Mountains of Australia with his lovely wife, Barbara, also an author, and their dog, Cisco. They live in the Snowy Ways town of Tumut, situated along the Tumut River. "Resting Place by the River" is the Aboriginal meaning of the town's name.

The author is a respected film buff and his reviews for classic films of the 1930s and 1940s have garnered many favorable comments over the years. His Amazon reviews for Mrs. Miniver and The Bishop's Wife were quoted in the Saturday Evening Post of Nov/Dec 2006.

He has written in several genres and prefers to think of himself as a storyteller, rather than be pigeon-holed. He believes any story well-told, in whatever genre, will transcend that genre and become a memorable story.

In addition to being the author of the sensual Matt Ransom crime series set in the 22nd century, the humorous Sheriff Jace Wilkinson stories set in rural Idaho, the Wild Country old-fashioned western trilogy, the Nostalgia Crime series set in the 1940s, the new modern-day Seth Halliday mystery/crime series, the Tales of the Night Collections (After Closing Time and Where Lonely Lives), and the romantic fantasy collection, Lovers' Tide, he has also written three otherworldly romance novellas, and a nostalgic Christmas novella, Grover's Creek. His latest work is a nine-story collection of old-fashioned mystery and suspense tales which pay homage to writers like Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and James M. Cain, and one of the greatest of all radio programs from the golden age, Suspense. It is called The Unlocked Window.

His books:

MATT RANSOM SERIES

1) The Velvet Sea (novella-length)

2) The Tender Shore

3) The Gentle Tide

4) The Lovely Harbor

5) The Sandy Shore

6) The Beautiful Island

7) The Sensual Sea

8) The Sapphire Sea

9) The Dreamless Sea (2017)*

MATT RANSOM SHORT STORIES

1) A Matt Ransom Halloween (Includes the non-Matt Ransom novella, Passage to Tomorrow, as a bonus)

2) A Matt Ransom Thanksgiving (Includes the non-Matt Ransom novelette, Beyond Heaven's Reach, as a bonus)

3) A Matt Ransom Christmas

WESTERNS

The Wild Country

The Trail to Santa Rosa

Whisper Valley (2017)*

SETH HALLIDAY

The Turquoise Shroud

The Long Gray Goodbye

Eight Blonde Dolls (2017*)

SHERIFF JACE WILKINSON STORIES

The Idaho Affairs

NOSTALGIA CRIME NOVELLA SERIES

Beautiful Detour

Where Flamingos Fly

OTHER TITLES

Grover's Creek

Chance at Heaven - (includes as a bonus story, Joy Island)

Passage to Tomorrow

Beyond Heaven's Reach - (includes as a bonus story, Gypsy Summer)

Nautica City

After Closing Time (Tales of the Night I) - stories include: NIGHT RUN, REQUIEM, and GYPSY SUMMER

Where Lonely Lives (Tales of the Night II) - stories include: CITY OF ANGELS, CHRISTMAS EVE, and NIGHT CRY

Lovers' Tide: Tales of Haunted Romance - stories include: SURFER GIRL, GALVESTON, JOY ISLAND, and HOLLY

*Signifies a tentative release date

The author appreciates all his readers and their continued support and hopes to keep writing stories they love to read for many years to come. He is especially grateful to those who review or rate his stories on Amazon.com or Goodreads.