Robert Fleming

American journalist, poet and writer (fiction and non-fiction). Originally based in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1970s he was a music writer for Scene Magazine and was a correspondent for the UK publication Black Music. He also published two books of poems, Melons (1974) and Stars (1975). He relocated to New York where he was a crime reporter for The New York Daily News. Eventually, he started writing fiction, producing his first novel, Hot Snake Nights, under the pen-name of Cole Riley in 1984. https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Robert+Fleming