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About
Writer Reviewer Editor
Lyn Squire was born in Cardiff, South Wales. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wales, his master’s at the London School of Economics and his doctorate at Cambridge University. Lyn is now an American citizen living in Virginia with his wife of many years and their two dogs.
From Development Specialist…
RESEARCH: During a twenty-five-year career at the World Bank, Lyn published over thirty articles and several books including ‘International Development: Is It Possible?’ (joint with Nobel Laureate J.E. Stiglitz, Foreign Policy), and ‘Fighting Poverty’ (American Economic Review).
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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT: He was lead author of the 1990 World Development Report which introduced the metric – a dollar a day – still used today to measure poverty worldwide.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: And he was the founding president of the Global Development Network, an organization dedicated to supporting promising scholars from the developing world.
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EDITOR: Lyn also edited the Middle East Development Journal for over a decade.
"What's the best-read and most widely discussed economic policy document in the world?...It's the World Development Report. The 1990 edition presents an analysis of global poverty and what can be done about it that is the equivalent of a laydown hand at bridge." Boston Globe, October, 1990
Charles John Huffam Dickens; Died June 9, 1870
…To Mystery Writer
REVIEWER: Lyn has reviewed countless mysteries for City Book Review.
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LYN’S PICKS: He claims to have read more mysteries than anyone in the world. If you want to know what he considers the best current titles read Lyn’s Picks.
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WRITER: Solving Charles Dickens’ unfinished ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ convinced him to put aside his development pen and turn to fiction.
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IMMORTALISED TO DEATH: Lyn’s version of what happened to Edwin is revealed in the first novel in the Dunston Burnett Trilogy.
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THE DUNSTON BURNETT TRILOGY: The adventures of his protagonist, Dunston Burnett, a non-conventional amateur detective, continue in Fatally Inferior and The Séance of Murder. For more about all three stories, click here.
