Author: Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.

New What?

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I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a grump about the whole New Year thing. I’m a skeptic, too, when it comes to making and keeping resolutions. The whole January 1st date feels random to me. I mean, who decided? Why isn’t it July? Or February? And why do we have to do these things…

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Stuff Happens

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Did you listen to the recent podcast with Shannon Baker, who recently received a plaque from her publisher for reaching 100,000 books sold? On the podcast, Shannon told a great story about sticking with it. “I think I would say ‘be the tortoise’ … just keep at it. I mean, when I started writing, (with)…

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