Richard A. La Violette

Death by Fiat - 2008

Divine's Grace - 2012

The Kerpash Affair - 2012

Richard A. La Violette has had a career in real estate in one form or another for nearly thirty years, currently serving as a commercial real estate appraiser at a local St. Louis bank.

 His writing is as far from his day-job as the east is from the west.

 The Maid at Beaurevoir  is Richard’s first play was a finalist in First Run Theatre’s 2008-2009 season.  It chronicles Joan of Arc’s captivity as the prisoner of Messire Jean de Luxembourg.

Death by Fiat is a murder mystery circa 1946 in two acts is his second play, and was chosen for First Run Theatre’s 2008-2009 season.  The protagonist, Chief Inspector Ruthven, is called in to investigate a murder -- an extra-judicial murder that he committed.

 The Last Lion, a one-act play inspired by current headlines, weaves intrigue and moral outrage as an African bishop and a white ex-patriate conspire to overthrow a murderous tyrant.

 The Maid at Rouen, a sequel to The Maid at Beaurevoir, is currently a work-in-progress. 

 Richard also has three unpublished novels, Bright Adversary, Antediluvian, and A World Bereft

 Richard is married to Amalia and has two children, Justine and Adam.  He lives in the St. Louis area.