Career
He authored the true crime classic, Victim: The Other Side of Murder (1980). Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier (1987). And the The New York Times Best Seller, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (1988).
After graduating from the University of Florida Law School, Kinder lived as an "impoverished writer" – working as a busboy, bartender, and bellman "anything to keep his days free to write" – during his seven years working on Victim.
Afterward, he sold the film rights for a six-figure sum in addition to proceeds from the book deal. Kinder lives in Seattle and teaches advanced writing seminars to lawyers across the United States.
Kinder is 67.
