AUTHOR

LARRY TERHAAR

Thanks for viewing my website! Here is a brief history of my life.

I grew up in Westport, CT, where I met Beth, my high school sweetheart. We were married in 1973 and just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary! After a few different work experiences in my twenties, I started a new career as a home builder in my thirties. This business grew into real estate development; by 2005, I was building condominiums.

Beth and I had two boys in the 80s and raised them in Fairfield County, CT, primarily in Danbury and Newtown. Both our sons are now married, and we have been blessed with two wonderful grandsons.

By 2000, I had become fascinated with ocean sailing. We have owned three sailboats since then and have sailed the western Atlantic and Caribbean seas multiple times from Maine to Grenada and every place in between, living aboard for much of that time.

I retired from the building/development business in 2016, sold the current boat, and purchased a beachfront condominium in Jensen Beach, FL. We are now “snowbirds,” spending our summers in CT and winters in FL. In 2018, I was recruited to join the Board of Directors of the condominium association in Florida, where I have served for six years.

In 2021, when the Champlain Towers in Surfside, FL. collapsed, killing 98 people, I felt compelled to write about it. At first, when I started researching the tragedy, I thought I would be writing a non-fiction account. But soon, my imagination took over, resulting in my first novel, OCEANSIDE.

There was quite a learning curve, but after working with some professional editors, I came to love writing. I wake up each morning with a scene or passage that I just have to get down on paper. Since OCEANSIDE was published, I have written a Private Detective novel, which is the genre I enjoy reading most. ONCE A DETECTIVE… published by Atmosphere Press, is available for pre-order now on Amazon, or where ever you purchase your books.