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Getting to know your professors is always recommended. It provides a mean to ask questions easily and can help your grade, but in some cases you can also discover your next favorite author.

Dr. Carroll Multz is an adjunct professor with both the Mass Communication Department and the Business Department, but his work does not stop there. Multz is also a published author in both the academic and pleasure-reading world.

Multz’s original career path was that of an attorney, which is where many of his books take root. He has long since retired from an extensive career in law. His career as a trial lawyer, district attorney and experience with high profile cases (some going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court) have left him with vast amounts of knowledge and insight that come forth in his novels.

Multz started writing for the academic world with a criminal law handbook that he now uses to teach. His third novel, License to Convict,  was published last year. The story is a justice-themed novel that follows the life of a district attorney in Colorado who faces moral dilemmas when faced with new cases.

“My books are more textbooks disguised as novels,” Multz said.

Taking scenarios that he could use in textbooks, Multz creates elaborate backgrounds and story lines to create scenarios and compelling stories that allow for learning as well as entertainment. His novels also contain traces of his own background as a lawyer and similarities to cases he has dealt with in the past. Despite being on his third novel, Multz is nowhere near done yet, as he has three more novels ready to be sent to his publisher. He also has spent time co-authoring a series of juvenile books with Judith Blevins that is currently waiting on illustrations before being published.

Multz is very driven. Along with his literary achievements, he has also created two card games, Coterie and Finagle. Both test the wits of players in strategy-based play.

How is Multz such a renaissance man?

“Just get started and don’t wait,” Multz said. “The sooner you start, the sooner you are done.”

sruffley@mavs.coloradomesa.edu