You missed a great meeting. We learned a lot about Mr. Couillard, his life, and how his investigation and prosecution of the Coin Dealer's Murderer turned into a book.
Mr. Couillard was a prosecuting attorney and the ADA for Tulare County as well as a Superior Court Judge. In these capacities he observed many interesting cases and unusual characters. His hobby was making many notes about both.
He joined the Exeter Writer's Group, and his notes became a book. He confessed to being a two-finger typist.
He found a publisher through an article in the newspaper about another author who wrote a book about something that happened in Tulare County. As a computer novice, he was stumped by some of the requests by the publisher who was interested in his books.
He'd written the book in Word Perfect and it wasn't completely compatible with Word, so he had to transfer it and make lots of changes.
The book is now titled, Murder in Visalia--The Coin Dealer Killer. It will be available in October at Costco and all the usual places.
For those of you who'd like to come to one of these meetings, mark your calendar for the third Saturday of every month.
