Richard lives in Milford, CT, where he writes fiction full-time. He worked for DEC, the minicomputer company, as writer and Internet evangelist. He graduated from Ylae, with a major in English, went to Yale graduate school in Comparative Literature and earned an MA in Comparative Literature from the U. of Massachusets at Amherst. At Yale, he studied creative writing with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.

All Things that Matter Press recently published six novels of his -- Parallel Lives, Beyond the 4th Door, Nevermind, Breeze, Shakespeare's Twin Sister, and To Gether Tales. His other published works include: The Name of Hero (historical novel), Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes (ftranslation from Russian), The Lizard of Oz (satiric fantasy), and five pioneering books about Internet business.

He is active on Twitter @SeltzerBooks and on Medium @seltzer_57387 His web site is seltzerbooks.com