Earl Lindveit is a longtime resident of the Washington, D.C., area. His knowledge of the nation’s capital is reflected in the scope and variety of story lines deftly woven together in his suspenseful novel, Nightingale: Searching for Home. A member of The Writer’s Center and Washington Independent Writers, he is also the author of a nonfiction book, Scientists in Government, described by one reviewer as “a diagnostic anatomical guide to science and engineering in Washington.”