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Lawrence Kelter was born in Brooklyn, NY, and resides in Woodbury, NY, a town on Long Island. He attended Franklin D. Roosevelt High School and is a graduate of Brooklyn College, CUNY. He holds degrees in political science and psychology. Over the term of his career he has worked as an entrepreneur, for a Fortune 100 company, and a global financial services institution; in fields as diverse as banking and fashion. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States, The Far East, and the Caribbean.

A resident New Yorker, Kelter often uses Manhattan and Long Island as backdrops for his stories. He has published two novels featuring street savvy NYPD Detective Stephanie Chalice: Don’t Close Your Eyes (2005), and Ransom Beach (2008). BookWire Review wrote of the character, “Chalice’s acerbic repartee is like an arsenal of nuclear missiles.” He has also published an international thriller entitled By Executive Order (2001). Early in his writing career he received support from best selling novelist, Nelson DeMille, who reviewed his work, and actually put pencil to paper to assist in the editing on his first novel. DeMille said of Kelter, “Lawrence Kelter reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.” He was also a member of a private writer’s group hosted by soap opera legend and former AFTRA president, Ann Loring. His novels are quick paced, and routinely feature twist endings. He is also a screenwriter, who was honored for finishing in the top tier of The Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting Competition, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for his screenplay Final Dignity (2001). He is currently working on several writing projects including the next Stephanie Chalice thriller.