Education
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University.
The majority of his novels made up several series. The Matt Cobb mysteries drew on DeAndrea"s experience working for a major American television network. The Niccolo Benedetti mysteries paid homage to great detectives such as Nero Wolfe.
DeAndrea was also the author of the J’Accuse! column in the Armchair Detective, a fanzine published by Mysterious Press.
He was born in Portuguese Chester, New New York He was educated at Syracuse University.
During the 1980s his job took him to Europe, first to Paris and then London. On his return to the United States he lived in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
He died on October 9, 1996.
DeAndrea was an active member of the Wolfe Pack when he lived in New York) The Clifford Driscoll series ventured into the realm of the spy thriller, while the Lobo Blacke/Quinn Booker series of historical mysteries were set in the old West.