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Ed McBain is the pseudonym prolific American novelist Evan Hunter (1926-2005) is perhaps best known as. He was born Salvatore Lombino in New York City and had his name legally changed to Evan Hunter in 1952. Besides Hunter and McBain, he also used several other pseudonyms, including Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, Curt Cannon, Ezra Hannon […]

Alex McKnight is a series of detective novels by American author Steve Hamilton. Alex McKnight is a former cop who is making his living renting out cabins in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan when he is dragged back in as a private detective.

Steve Hamilton is an American novelist who is the author of the Alex McKnight series. Hamilton has won several several awards, including Best First Mystery, Best First Novel and Best Novel (twice). He only writes part-time at night and spends his days working for IBM.

SPQR is a series of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome by American novelist John Maddox Roberts. The books fall into the mystery/detective fiction genres as well. SPQR stands for “Senatus Populusque Romanus,” which means “The Senate and People of Rome.”

John Maddox Roberts is a prolific American author who has written novels in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction and action. He is perhaps best known for his current writing in the SPQR historical fiction series set in Rome. He has several series of his own and has also contributed to series […]

Dexter Morgan is a fictional serial killer and the creation of American novelist Jeff Lindsay. Most will recognize the Dexter character (as portrayed by Michael C. Hall) from the television series on Showtime, but before Dexter made it to the television screen, he was a character in Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter novel.

Jeff Lindsay is an American author who is best known for his Dexter novels, which spawned an incredibly popular Showtime series starring Michael C. Hall as the title character. He has also written standalone novels alongside his wife Hilary Hemingway (niece of Ernest Hemingway) and Michael Dorn (Worf of Star Trek fame).

Deborah Crombie‘s Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series is a mystery series set in the United Kingdom. Although Crombie is American, she has lived in the UK and visits frequently. Duncan Kincaid is a superintendent in Scotland Yard and works alongside his wife Detective Inspector Gemma James to solve murders considered to be unsolvable.

Deborah Crombie is an American author who always felt she belonged in Great Britain. Crombie would eventually move there but found little success as an author. It wasn’t until she moved back to Texas when she got her first Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James book published.

American author Nicholas Sparks is a romance novelist whose novels find their way to the big screen more often than not. His novels include The Notebook, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle to name a few. He also developed the concept for the ABC show The Watchers.