Fast, Julius

▪ 2009

      American author

born 1919, New York, N.Y.

died Dec. 16, 2008, Kingston, N.Y.

demonstrated versatility and a keen curiosity in dozens of books ranging from mystery novels to nonfiction works on subjects such as human relationships, health, and the Beatles. The recipient of the first Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America, for his debut novel Watchful at Night (1945), Fast went on to write the best seller Body Language (1970), as well as The New Sexual Fulfillment (1972), Talking Between the Lines: How We Mean More Than We Say (1979; with his wife, Barbara Sher), Weather Language (1979), and the semiautobiographical What Should We Do About Davey? (1988).

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