Bill Crider

Who they were

Biography Crider received a Master of Arts degree at the University of North Texas , in Denton. Later, he taught English at Howard Payne University for twelve years, before earning a Ph.D. degree at the University of Texas at Austin , where he wrote a dissertation on the hardboiled detective novel. Crider then moved to Alvin, Texas , with his wife, where he was the Chair of the Division of English and Fine Arts at Alvin Community College . He retired in August 2002 to become a full-time writer. [ 1 ]

Personal life and death Crider had two children, Angela Crider Neary and Allen Crider, with his wife of 49 years Judy (née Stutts, 1943–2014). [ 1 ] Crider died at his home in Alvin, Texas , on February 12, 2018, of cancer, at the age of 76. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ^ "Obituary – Judy Stutts Crider" . The Alvin Sun and Advertiser. November 28, 2014 . Retrieved February 14, 2018 . ^ "Bill Crider Obituary - Alvin, Texas - Tributes.com" . www.tributes.com . Retrieved February 14, 2018 .

Bill Crider was an American author of crime fiction among other work.

Why this date

Bill Crider appears on our February 12 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.