Richmond’s knack for describing the tactile and sensual experiences of his characters is in full evidence in this, his latest novel, “They Were Fire” - New Hampshire Magazine
Suzanne Danilov, ambitious young Field Engineer for the U.S. E.P.A., is dispatched as Incident Commander to a massive train wreck that has devastated a small town. Driving away at dawn from her husband and young son, she is eager to prove her leadership and her technical mastery.<p>
She is not prepared for Rick, charismatic Deputy Chief of the Springfield Fire Department. In a sensual daze after their first night together, Suzanne must manage an escalating series of confrontations, environmental disasters. fiery accidents and a rowdy Town Meeting, all under the cold-eyed scrutiny of the national press, while struggling with what to do about Rick and the family she has left behind.<p>
Lee Richmond is a professional writer. A graduate of Williams College, awarded a two-year literary fellowship, he drove night taxi in Cambridge, Massachusetts while writing a hippie novel, “High on Gold,” which was published to good reviews (Charterhouse, Avon, Piscataqua Press). A video writer and director, he has created hundreds of educational and training productions, winning dozens of national awards.
