About Gene

I write and live in worlds where crime seeps out of hidden pores in sunshine.

These stories dive down where light fades into gray.

Growing up in an 18-room guesthouse/wartime hospital in the Caribbean isn’t for everyone,

But it proved the right atmosphere for bestselling author Gene Desrochers to hone a sense of story, mystery, and scene.

I was born on a tiny dot called “St. Thomas” (somewhere in the Caribbean).

Over time, I migrated west until I found a home in the continental United States.

I scraped together the time to earn a JD and become a practicing lawyer, run a tennis club, and publish short fiction in publications across the US and beyond.

Now settled in an exotic land known as Los Angeles, I split time between family, writing, tennis, and honing my ability to impress strangers with my St. Thomian accent.

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