The story of Florence Chandler Maybrick, “The Cat Woman of Old Stone Road”
Author: Ron Suresha
Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality.
For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party.
Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor).
His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.
Mugs o’ Joy — now in Spanish! Tazas d’Alegría — ¡Ahora en español! de Softcover: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1983675660 de Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1453954604 de Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1130673178…
Check out the 20th Anniversary Edition of MUGS O’ JOY — a hot drink recipe book with time-honored hot beverages from around the world plus delectable variations.
New Milford (CT) Historical Society is working with Ron J. Suresha to research and locate local historical sources for a poor, reclusive woman who lived here, Florence Chandler Maybrick.
A new, thoroughly revised edition of The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin is now available from Bear Bones Books!
I was a guest on a local cable-access show, “Progressive Soup” — Watch both parts here
If You See Hate . . . by Ron J. Suresha Following the spraypainting on the front of a New Milford restaurant, Thompson’s, of…
The Biggest Lover received an Honorable Mention and was named a runner-up in the the 2016 Rainbow Book Awards!
The text and YouTube link for my talk at the White House during BiWeek 2016
Looking for some big Big BIG LOVE during Spookybear? Then grab your chubby (or chaser) and come to an author reading of the hot Bear Bones Books short fiction anthology, The Biggest Lover.