Ronald Barri Flowers[1] (born October 25, 1956) is an American writer of mystery novels and non-fiction books, as well as a criminologist.

[2] In 2004, after previously writing non-fiction books and short stories, Flowers wrote his first legal thriller, Persuasive Evidence.

[3] He has written 12 romance novels under the pseudonym "Devon Vaughn Archer" and was the first male author for Harlequin's Arabesque imprint.

"[4] Flowers' short story, "The Wrong End of A Gun Barrel," was included in author Curt Colbert's Seattle Noir.

[5] He has edited two mystery and one true-crime anthology, including Masters of True Crime, released by Prometheus Books in July 2012.