Gerald Tomlinson was a crime writer. He was a member of Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....

 in 1993. He was a member of the the Society for American Baseball Research

Society for American Baseball Research

The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York, in August 1971 by Bob Davids of Washington, D.C. The Society's mission is to foster the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball, while generating interest in the game...

 serving on the publications committee from 1990 through 1991.

Biography

He was born in Elmira, New York

Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...

 on January 24, 1933. He received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 from Marietta College

Marietta College

Marietta College is a co-educational private college in Marietta, Ohio, USA, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. The school offers 42 majors along with a large number of minors, all of which are grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation...

 and he later attended Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...

. He then became an English teacher.

He started work in publishing at Harcourt Brace

Harcourt Trade Publishers

Harcourt was a United States publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. The company was based in San Diego, California, with an Editorial / Sales / Marketing / Rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida.In 2007, the U.S...

 and then Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Holt McDougal is an American publishing company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, that specializes in textbooks for use in secondary schools. Holt, Rinehart and Winston was a division of Harcourt Education...

. He became an executive editor at Silver Burdett in Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...

.

He died while living in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey on June 24, 2006.

Publications

• Seven Jersey Murders
  Seven Jersey Murders
  Seven Jersey Murders is a book by Gerald Tomlinson. It recounts the following murders in New Jersey:*Death of a Mill Girl; Jennie Bosschieter ; October 19, 1900 in Paterson, New Jersey...
  
  ; ISBN 1-4134-1206-8
• Fatal Tryst: Who Killed the Minister and the Choir Singer?; ISBN 0-917125-09-6
• New Jersey? What Exit?: 300 Questions and Answers About People, Places, and Events in the Garden State; ISBN 0-917125-05-3
• The New Jersey Book of Lists; ISBN 0-917125-01-0
• Speaker's Treasury of Political Stories, Anecdotes and Humor; ISBN 0-13-829730-4
• How to Do Baseball Research; ISBN 0-910137-83-8
• The Baseball Research Handbook; ISBN 0-910137-29-3
• Speaker's Treasury of Sports Anecdotes, Stories and Humor; ISBN 1-56731-109-1
• The West Virginia Book of Lists; ISBN 0-917125-03-7
• On a Field of Black; ISBN 0-8424-0151-2
• The 107th New York Regiment at Antietam; ISBN 0-917125-11-8
• Accountant's Complete Model Letter Book; ISBN 0-13-001199-1
• Treasury of Religious Quotations; ISBN 0-13-276411-3
• School Administrator's Complete Letter Book; ISBN 0-7879-6589-8
• Managing Smart: A No-Gimmick Handbook of Management Techniques That Work; ISBN 0-669-12654-3