Troy Soos

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Troy Soos (1957-) is a writer based in Winter Park, Florida. Soos is best known for his "Mickey Rawlings" series of baseball novels. Rawlings, an up and coming baseball player living in the early part of the 20th century, is known as a defender of human rights. In chronlogical order, the Mickey Rawlings novels are:

  1. Murder at Fenway Park (1994)
  2. Murder at Ebbets Field (1995)
  3. Murder at Wrigley Field (1996)
  4. Hunting a Detroit Tiger (1997)
  5. The Cincinnati Red Stalkings (1998)
  6. Hanging Curve (1999)

The name of his character comes from the Rawlings baseball glove manufacturer.

In addition to his Mickey Rawlings series of baseball novels, he has written the following: "Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies" series of novels:

  1. Island of Tears (2001)
  2. The Gilded Cage (2002)
  3. Burning Bridges (2004)
  • Streets of Fire (2008)

[edit] Non-Fiction

  • Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858-1918 (1997 & 2007)

In his professional life he is a physicist and a well-regarded teacher at a public school.

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He is currently employed at Oviedo High School in Oviedo, FL as an AP physics teacher.