Fred M. Fiske grew up in a diplomatic family. He began collecting stamps at the family’s first posting in the 1950s, in Dacca, East Pakistan. Fred retired after m a 40-year newspaper career. He has degrees from Harvard and Columbia, and was president of the National Conference of Editorial Writers in 2001. He lives in retirement near Syracuse, NY. You may reach him at fredmfiske@gmail.com.

Fred’s book, “The Grocer Who Sold McCarthyism: The rise and fall of Laurence A. Johnson,” was published in 2024, and is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.