HUEBNER, Fredrick D. 1955-

PERSONAL: Surname is pronounced "heeb-ner"; born December 31, 1955, in Harvey, IL; son of Darell K. (a marketing manager and chemical engineer) and Betty Jean (a homemaker; maiden name, Davis) Huebner; married Christine M. Skemp (a public relationsexecutive), April 21, 1979; children: Katherine Marie. Education: Macalester College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1978; University of Washington, Seattle, J.D. (with honors), 1982. Politics: Democrat.

ADDRESSES: Home—Seattle, WA. Office—Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson, 1500 Puget Sound Plaza, Seattle, WA 98111. Agent—Clyde Taylor, Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003.

CAREER: Admitted to the Bar of Washington State; Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson (law firm), Seattle, WA, partner, beginning 1982.

MEMBER: American Bar Association, King County Bar Association, Washington Lawyers for the Arts.

WRITINGS:

"MATT RIORDAN" NOVELS

The Joshua Sequence, Fawcett (New York, NY), 1986.

The Black Rose, Fawcett (New York, NY), 1987.

Judgment by Fire, Fawcett (New York, NY), 1988.

Picture Postcard, Fawcett/Columbine (New York, NY), 1990.

Methods of Execution, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1994.

OTHER

Shades of Justice (novel), Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2001.

Contributor to Washington Law Review and Washington State Bar News.

SIDELIGHTS: Fredrick D. Huebner once told CA: "I use crime and detective fiction to explore legal issues and to present a contemporary description of the Pacific Northwest."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Armchair Detective, fall, 1991, review of Picture Postcard, p. 507; fall, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 491; winter, 1995, review of Methods of Execution, p. 80; spring, 1995, review of Picture Postcard, p. 137.

Booklist, March 15, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 1330; June 1, 2001, review of Shades of Justice, p. 1852.

Federal Bar News and Journal, November-December, 1994, Barbara Clay, review of Methods of Execution, pp. 707-708.

Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 250; May 1, 2001, review of Shades of Justice, p. 2001.

Library Journal, April 1, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 137.

Los Angeles Times Book Review, December 23, 2001, review of Shades of Justice, p. 9.

Publishers Weekly, February 21, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 236; June 25, 2001, review of Shades of Justice, p. 51.

Trial, July, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 88.

Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), June 5, 1994, review of Methods of Execution, p. 9.*