Ruben D. Gonzales

I write and read in the mystery genre but occasionally historical fiction as well. I was born and raised in East LA. After college I was with the Peace Corps and spent two years teaching elementary school in a small African village by day and reading and writing by candlelight at night. Before I retired from full time work, I was Director of Development for the City of Winston-Salem, NC. Now I write full time and teach part-time with the local community college system. My first novel of historical fiction was, The Cottage on the Bay, published by Moonshine Cove Publishing and came out in 2018 and my second book, Murder on Black Mountain, the first in a mystery series, came out in 2020 from Fire Star Press. The second book in my Black Mountain Mystery series came out in 2022 by Indigo Sea Press, and the third book in the series came out in June 2023. I have a mystery book with The Wild Rose Press for release on May 14, 2025, and an action/adventure book under contract for release in 2026.