Is the Author of the suspense novel “Toyer” the same Gardner McKay who starred in the ‘60s TV series Adventures in Paradise?
H. Evans, Pittsburgh, PA
Answer: The same. McKay’s TV career (1959-62) was just one of several professions he has pursued—including sculptor, photographer, playwright, theater critic, lion breeder, college teacher and writer. “I don’t consider myself a ‘Renaissance man’ because I only do one thing at a time,” says McKay, 65, who lives in Hawaii with his Irish wife, Madeleine, a painter. A prolific writer who has won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and Drama Critics Circle, McKay reads a new short story each Sunday on Hawaii Public Radio, “Stories on the Wind.” |
